title: Food allergies and asthma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To consider the possible links between food allergy and asthma.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Food allergy and asthma coexist in many children, and recent studies demonstrate that having these comorbid conditions increases the risk for morbidity. Children with food allergies and asthma are more likely to have near-fatal or fatal allergic reactions to food and more likely to have severe asthma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although a causal link has not been determined, increased awareness of the heightened risks of having both of these common childhood conditions and good patient/parent education and management of both conditions can lead to improved outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA. Julie.wang@mssm.edu
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Andrew H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D015897:Comorbidity; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D015995:Prevalence; D016896:Treatment Outcome