Children, males and blacks are at increased risk for food allergies

Monday, October 4, 2010 - 03:32 in Health & Medicine

A new study estimates that 2.5 percent of the United States population, or about 7.6 million Americans, have food allergies. Food allergy rates were found to be higher for children, non-Hispanic blacks, and males, according to the researchers. The odds of male black children having food allergies were 4.4 times higher than others in the general population...

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