I am looking for facts and figures on food allergies?

Answer 1

For many people, health dictates the way they live their life.
How can you go round to a friend’s house if you think an attack of IBS might strike? You might have to cancel a night out because your migraine means you need to be in bed. Not being able to wear that new top because you’ve had an eczema flare up. All of these are everyday considerations for a large number of people.As food intolerance becomes more widely accepted and understood, lots of people are beginning to associate poor health with what they are eating. However, just because some foods affect one person, this doesn’t mean that it will be the same for everyone, and trying to find out which other foods trigger your symptoms can be like finding a needle in a haystack!
Food intolerance, or sensitivity, has been linked to many chronic and persistent problems such as: headaches, intestinal symptoms, skin problems, behavioural changes and asthma – amongst others.

Answer 2

Food Allergy- Facts and Figures;

Food intolerance accounts for 80% of all adverse reactions to food.
Food allergy accounts for 20% of all adverse reactions to food.
Food allergy is most common in infants and young children where the incidence is 3%; thereafter the incidence decreases to 1% of the population.

Food allergy is suspected in 30% and actually proven in only 3%.
Allergy to cow's milk, eggs, wheat, and soy may be outgrown by age 2-4 years.

Allergy to peanut, shellfish, and tree nuts is usually lifelong.


Food allergies are serious. They are characterized by a broad range of allergic reactions to ingredients in the foods we eat. Food allergy is an overreaction of the immune system, different than food intolerance or food sensitivity.

The U.S. Food Allergy Labeling Consumer Protection Act (FALCPA) now requires food labels to clearly identify all allergen ingredients (even if it's a spice or flavoring), and to discourage labels with ‘may contain' statements.

Visit the following websites for more information about the facts and figures regarding food allergies;
http://www.aafa.org/display.cfm?id=9&sub=20
http://www.rileyhospital.org/document.jsp?locid=785
http://www.aafa.org/display.cfm?id=9&sub=20&cont=518
http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FS123
Good luck to you!

Answer 3

i would like to add to mary r reply, the food allergies she has mentioned that maybe outgrown are only outgrown in 35% of cases 65% of people who are allergic to eggs milk and soy and wheat will have these allergies to some extent for live though they MAY or maynot decrease they have even been known to increase, im not someone who saw your answer and typed in search bar to browse the answer by the way im someone who has been living,coping and catering for anaphylaxis for the past 8yrs,

Answer 4

Claire,

You should look up Celiac.com.( Note american spelling here).Really it is so complex a subject you have to see an Allergist and a good one.

Seamus