Allergies on the Rise
In this recent report from the CDC NCHS Data Brief, Number 9, October 2008, they found that there has been an 18% increase in the prevalence of food allergies in children since 1997.
The increase was largely attributed to a doubling in peanut allergies and the fact that children are taking longer to outgrow milk and egg allergies.
In 2007, approximately 3 million children were reported to have a food or digestive allergy in the previous year.
There is some difference in reported food allergy according to Hispanic ethnicity, with lower reported rates among Hispanic children compared with non-Hispanic white and non-Hispanic black children. However, reported food allergy does not appear to differ by sex.
Why we are seeing this remains a mystery with many investigators varying in their ideas.
The increase was largely attributed to a doubling in peanut allergies and the fact that children are taking longer to outgrow milk and egg allergies.
In 2007, approximately 3 million children were reported to have a food or digestive allergy in the previous year.
There is some difference in reported food allergy according to Hispanic ethnicity, with lower reported rates among Hispanic children compared with non-Hispanic white and non-Hispanic black children. However, reported food allergy does not appear to differ by sex.
Why we are seeing this remains a mystery with many investigators varying in their ideas.
posted by Anonymous at 5:38 AM
1 Comments:
Shouldn't there be some way of linking this allergy increase to toxins caused by Barack Obama, atheism or socialism?
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