date:Oct 30, 2018
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 4 to 6 percent of children in the U.S. suffer from a food allergy and the number has increased 18 percent from 1997 to 2007.
The most common food allergies are milk, eggs, fish, crustacean shellfish, wheat, soy, peanuts and tree nuts, which account for 90 percent of all food allergies. While not all food allergies can cause anaphylaxis, a sudden reaction that can be fatal, children with food allergies are two to four times more