Abstract Purpose of Review In recent decades, food allergy has become an increasing
concern for families, clinicians, and policymakers. This review aims to summarize what is …

Food allergy is a pathological, potentially deadly, immune reaction triggered by normally
innocuous food protein antigens. The prevalence of food allergies is rising and the standard …

There is a lack of high-quality evidence based on the gold standard of oral food challenges
to determine food allergy prevalence. Nevertheless, studies using surrogate measures of …

While food allergies and eczema are among the most common chronic non-communicable
diseases in children in many countries worldwide, quality data on the burden of these …

Background The influence of early exposure to allergenic foods on the subsequent
development of food allergy remains uncertain. Objective We sought to determine the …

Allergic diseases are distributed worldwide and their risk factors and triggers vary according
to geographical and socioeconomic conditions. Allergies are frequent in the Tropics but …

Background Accurate information on the prevalence of food allergy facilitates a more
evidence-based approach to planning of allergy services and can identify important …

Food allergy (FA) is currently a significant health care problem in the developing world.
Widely varying study populations and methodologies, the use of surrogate markers such as …

Background The prevalence of allergic diseases differs in urban and rural populations.
Objective We sought to assess associations between environmental and dietary factors with …

Although much is known today about the prevalence of food allergy in the developed world,
there are serious knowledge gaps about the prevalence rates of food allergy in developing …