title: Food allergy. Mechanisms, diagnosis, and management in children.
abstract: We eat approximately two to three tons of food in our lifetime, but most people do not have an adverse reaction to foods. Many people believe that they have an allergic reaction to foods; however, the actual incidence confirmed by history and challenges suggests a prevalence rate closer to 2% to 8% in young infants and less than 2% in adults.
authors.affiliation: Allergy Section, Division of Immunologic and Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA. spergel@email.chop.edu
authors.forename: Jonathan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Spergel
authors.forename: Nicholas A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Pawlowski
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans