Food allergies occur when a child’s immune system mistakenly identifies particular food proteins as harmful invaders, triggering protective responses that manifest as allergic reactions.

There are many possible symptoms of food allergies in children. That's why it's important for parents to know what they are and how to prevent them.

Nia Bouser shines as a beacon of food allergy awareness, donning a jacket that speaks volumes beyond her years. Yet, in the ...

About 5% of children have true allergic reactions to food, and you will know that your child has a food allergy if the symptoms happen within two hours of eating certain foods. So some common food ...

About 40 percent of children say have severe reactions – a finding researchers hope will erase misconceptions that food allergies are just like hay fever and other seasonal allergies that are ...

A new study out Monday find that children's food allergies are now more common, and more severe. Gwen Ifill discusses the findings with Dr. Ruchi Gupta, the lead author of the study.

Among children with convincing food allergies, 42.3% were estimated to have reaction symptoms that indicated a severe food allergy; specifically, peanut (59.2%), tree nut (56.1%), and shellfish ...

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Food allergies tend to be most feared; severe cases may cause anaphylactic shock or even death from eating, say, a peanut. But many food allergies are milder and something children grow out of.

In a new study of more than 100 kids with food allergies, nearly one-third said they had been subject to some form of food allergy-related bullying. Top News U.S. News ...

For parents of kids with severe food allergies like mine, the rite of passage that is starting primary school is fraught with very real, very deadly fears that they will come to serious harm – or ...

Gut microbiomes in children with food allergy may differ from those without food allergy, with fewer differences seen in younger children, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy ...