Food Allergies
Typical young 'Fiesta' plants approximately 30 days after tubers were planted in the ground bed. Figure 3 from publication ENH1281/EP545: Caladium Cultivars ‘Cosmic Delight’, ‘Fiesta’ and ‘Hearts Desire’. Credit: Zhanao Deng, UF/IFAS.
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Food Allergy
FS123
FSHN-05-13

How to Cite

Schneider, Keith R., Renee Goodrich Schneider, Sooyhoun Ahn, Susanna Richardson, Ploy Kurdmongkoltham, and Bruna Bertoldi. 2017. “Food Allergies: FSHN05-13 FS123, 10 2017”. EDIS 2017 (6). Gainesville, FL. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fs123-2017.

Abstract

What is a food allergy?

A food allergy is a specific immune system reaction that happens after a person consumes what is normally considered a safe food. Food allergies occur more often in children than in adults. Approximately 5-8%of children (aged 4 or under) and about 2% of adults have food allergies (FDA 2016). Allergic reactions to food lead to over 30,000 emergency room visits and 2,000 hospitalizations per year (FDA 2016b; Radke et al. 2016). There are approximately 150 fatalities associated with food allergic reactions in the US annually (FDA 2016).

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