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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"food allergy"”.
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Moderators of Child Anxiety due to Food Allergy
… to investigate contextual factors that affect food allergic children's development of anxiety. It was hypothesized that parent stress, anxiety, family functioning, and child attitudes would moderate the relationship between food allergy severity and child anxiety. Recency of allergic reaction …
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Food allergy management in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Services: Are services aware of training guidelines for food allergy management?
Background: Childhood food allergies (FA) are increasing in Australia. Although death from anaphylaxis caused by FA is rare, food-induced anaphylaxis could be fatal. It is unclear if staff in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) are well prepared to manage food-induced anaphylaxis. This …
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Food Allergy Risk Mitigation in Texas Independent School Districts
… care and education programs are affected by food allergies. Allergic reactions can be life threatening, with resultant far reaching impact on not only the children but also their families and the educational programs they attend. Data provided by the CDC demonstrate prevalence of food allergy …
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Translation Of The Cdc Food Allergy Guidelines Using The Knowledge To Action Framework
<p>Managing food allergies in schools has become a critical strategy for ensuring the health and safety of students. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Voluntary Guidelines for Managing Food Allergies in Schools and Early Care and Education Programs (CDC, 2013) provides schools …
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The relationship between immunization and food allergy and sensitisation in South African children
Abstract The prevalence of food allergies is higher in children compared to adults and it is increasing. The factors that influence food allergies in children are not clear. In light of the hygiene hypothesis, vaccinations may contribute towards to a predominant allergen specific response or …
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Morality In Action: Risking Death And Caring For Life In American Food Allergy Worlds
… investigates the social effects of the food allergy "epidemic" in the contemporary United States, a state of affairs which activists publicize in highly moral terms, based on multi-sited ethnographic research conducted from 2013 to 2016. I argue that the moral framing of this apparent …
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Oral allergy syndrome as a manifestation of food allergy.// Орален алергичен синдром като проява на хранителна алергия
[EN] The dissertation “Oral allergy syndrome as a manifestation of food allergy” studies the orofacial manifestations of food allergy, clarifies the role of food allergens in the development of oral allergy syndrome, and explores the relationship of the syndrome with cross reactivity to basic …
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DECIPHERING THE ORAL MICROBIOTA IN FOOD ALLERGY: INSIGHTS INTO THE CANDIDATE PHYLA RADIATION AND NOVEL METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES
Food allergies are abnormal immune reactions to otherwise harmless food antigens, influenced by multiple factors, including the oral microbiota. During my PhD, I contributed to studies investigating the oral microbiota in food-allergic children, with a particular focus on the Candidate Phyla …
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The prevalence and patterns of IgE-mediated food allergy and sensitisation in South African children with atopic dermatitis
Background: The prevalence of food allergy in South Africa is unknown, but previously thought to be low, particularly in black South Africans. We hypothesised that food allergies would be low in Xhosa patients, even those at increased risk of food allergy such as children with atopic dermatitis …
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Characterization of Allergen-Specific Immunoglubulin E Development in a Food Allergy Model and Its Regulation by T Follicular Helper and T Follicular Regulatory Cells
Food allergy is a highly prevalent and serious disease regulated by immunoglobin E (IgE) antibodies specific for food allergens.The development of IgE is regulated by T follicular helper cells (TFH) and T follicular regulatorycells (TFR) in the germinal center (GC). We aimed to understandthe …
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The influence of socio-economic status on the prevalence of food sensitisation and food allergy in children 12 to 36 months in urban Cape Town, South Africa
Background: Globally, food allergies (FAs) have become a public health concern with research suggesting a rising prevalence. FAs affect both the individual and their family advocating for a need to understand the extent of the problem. Allergies have increasingly been recognised as diseases of …
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A cross-sectional study of Ig-E mediated food sensitisation and food allergy in an unselected population of South African children aged 12-36 months
Background: Food allergy (FA) is a significant and often life-threatening health problem affecting about 4-6% of children and their families globally. In some developed countries FA prevalence has reached 10% and it is believed that developing economies may follow a similar trend since there is a …
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The Lived Experiences of Parenting Children with Food Allergies: A Phenomenological Study
… of the phenomenon of living with a diagnosed food allergy in the family. Attention is given to the contexts or situations that have typically influenced or affected their experiences, including the impact of the diagnoses, travel and restaurants, friendships, sibling relationships, and …
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Development of a humanised mouse model of ovalbumin induced allergy and inflammation as a platform to test functional food
Food allergies are most common during infancy Food allergy is a growing health problem with very limited treatment options For infants, cow’s milk protein allergy (CMPA) is the predominant food allergy, occurring in 2 - 7 5 % of population Infant formula which is often cow’s milk based, is the only …
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TFR Cells Suppress Gut Commensal-Specific IgA Via IL-10
… such as IL-10. To test this, we employed a food allergy model by priming WT controls (Foxp3Cre) and TFR-deficient (Foxp3Cre.Bcl6fl/fl; Bcl6FC) mice with peanut or ovalbumin plus cholera toxin to induce food allergy, collected fecal samples, measured fecal IgA-bound bacteria, and sorted …
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Understanding ARFID: clinical characteristics of patients who meet avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder criteria in a multidisciplinary pediatric growth and nutrition clinic
… a new diagnosis called Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID), created in order to address the weaknesses of the DSM-IV-text revision (TR) classification system by better capturing the range of feeding difficulties typically found in clinical practice. Little is known about the …
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Cut-off values and thresholds of allergic reaction during oral food challenge: a retrospective study
Food allergy (FA) negatively impacts the quality of life of millions of people and represents a substantial physical and economic burden for the patient, his family, and the state. The gold standard for food allergy diagnosis worldwide is the oral food challenge (OFC). However, data on the OFC …
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Intestinal CD4+T Cell Responses to Food
<p>During routine digestion and absorption of food, massive quantities of diet-derived polypeptides pass through the intestine. The intestinal immune system must maintain tolerance to these dietary antigens while still protecting against pathogens and noxious agents. Oral tolerance, a robust …
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Improving Food Allergen Management in Small Food Service Businesses serving Loose Food
Food allergens, a concern for an increasing number of people, are common food ingredients found in most kitchens. For the majority of the population these ingredients are harmless yet for about 2% of the global adult population, these ingredients pose a health risk and at times could also be life …
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Cloning, Expression, and Characterization of Ara h 3, a Major Peanut Allergen
<p>Abstract There are eight foods that contribute to food allergies in the western world and peanut is the most common. Currently, there are no medical treatments that can cure an individual of food allergy, so avoidance of the allergic food is the only option. In the United States, there are three …
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