Food-allergy fears drive overly restrictive diets
Thursday, November 4, 2010 - 16:20
in Health & Medicine
Many children, especially those with eczema, are unnecessarily avoiding foods based on incomplete information about potential food-allergies, according to researchers at National Jewish Health. The food avoidance poses a nutritional risk for these children, and is often based primarily on data from blood tests known as serum immunoassays.