date:Aug 01, 2012
ergarten Health Check Questionnaire given to the parents of children starting primary school in the Territory.
Rising allergies
Parents were asked to report if the child had a nut allergy, and on feeding habits in the first six months of life. The study found that rates of nut allergies in ACT children were increasing.
Some 3.9% of children starting school in the ACT have a parent-reported nut allergy, which is almost twice the rate of British children of the same age,said Marjan Kljakovic, t