Food Allergy News

Data from oral food challenges show almond and hazelnut can be challenged more aggressively, whereas cashew and walnuts should be challenged more conservatively, according to study results.

Unsedated transnasal esophagoscopy with virtual reality distraction may more quickly establish eosinophilic esophagitis treatment, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Children exposed to persistently high levels of ambient grass pollen may have an increased risk for food sensitization but not allergy, according to data presented at the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Hybrid Congress.

Nearly 3% of United States adults self-reported having peanut allergy, with 1.8% “having convincing peanut allergy,” researchers wrote in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

A study found that “significant desensitization” occurred among peanut-allergic toddlers following peanut sublingual immunotherapy, according to data presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

There is “significant variability” in allergen composition, concentration and dose per serving among commercially available early allergen introduction foods, an expert told Healio Primary Care.

Data presented during the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology annual meeting indicated that introducing peanuts at an earlier age leads to a decrease in children with peanut allergy later in life.

Food Allergy Research & Education has awarded a $500,000 grant to a research project seeking to find new biomarkers for food allergies, according to an organization press release.

Approximately one in five children and parents reported being bullied due to the child’s food allergy, survey data showed.

The FDA has released draft guidance to recommend — but not require — food manufacturers to declare sesame on products’ ingredients lists.