Food-induced allergic reactions needing ED visit on the rise in infants

While early allergen introduction may reduce long-term allergy risk, it is tied to an increase in emergency department (ED) ...
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Introduction: Bringing the world’s food production in line with global climate goals

Food systems—how we grow, transport, prepare, and dispose of the food we eat—are responsible for roughly one-third of all global greenhouse gas emissions. And those gases are changing the climate, ...
MedPage Today

Early Food Allergen Introduction Linked to Increase in Emergency Care

SAN DIEGO -- Emergency room (ER) visits apparently linked to early introduction of peanuts and other allergenic foods have risen since guidelines recommended this strategy for families, a study ...
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Cultural differences, racial inequities may create barriers to food allergen introduction

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Christopher M. Warren, PhD, assistant professor of preventive medicine and director of population health ...
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Q&A: Consistent, timely exposures ‘key’ to infant food allergen introduction

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . PHOENIX — Allergens should not be avoided but rather introduced early and often into an infant’s diet to reduce ...
Medscape

ED Visits for Infant Food Reactions Rise in the Era of Early Food Introduction

A single-institution US study in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: Global has reported a steady rise in emergency department (ED) visits for food-induced allergic reactions (FIR) in ...
MedPage Today

Rare Food Allergy Syndrome Increasingly Due to Early Egg, Peanut Introduction?

SAN DIEGO -- Common triggers for food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES) have shifted, and more cases than expected have immunoglobulin E (IgE) sensitization in this classically ...

Why more Indian children are developing food allergies than before? Bengaluru paediatrician explains

Food allergies are being seen more often among Indian children, especially in cities. Dr. Sujatha Thyagarajan, Lead and HOD, ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Reduction in Food Allergies Found After Guideline-Directed Early Peanut Exposure

Early peanut exposure guidelines led to a 27.2% decrease in peanut allergies and a 37.9% decrease in one or more food allergies in children. The study used data from the American Academy of Pediatrics ...
The Michigan Daily

Kara Morris: An introduction to the politics of food

A recent debate with a vegan convinced me that I haven’t been eating enough red meat. Last summer, on a quest to better understand the fast food and meat-packing industries, I read Eric Schlosser’s ...
Military.com

An Introduction to 'Intuitive Eating' and a Better Relationship with Food

Statistics show that 95% of all diets fail those who start them, and short-term success (whether or not that is the goal) is not a factor in those statistics. We have all experienced large weight ...
Food & Water Watch

Food & Water Watch Applauds Introduction of Groundbreaking Climate Superfund Bill in California

"The Climate Superfund bill sends the clear message that the major polluters that are responsible will have to pay for the damage they cause.” "The Climate Superfund bill sends the clear message that ...