Hacker News with Generative AI: Food Allergies

Sesame Scheme: Unintended Consequences of Allergen Food Labeling (choicesmagazine.org)
An estimated 6.2% of U.S. adults and 5.8% of U.S. children – more than 20 million people – have food allergies (Ng and Boersma, 2023; Zablotsky, Black, and Akinbami, 2023).

Food Allergies, Health, Labeling, Public Health, United States

57 points by hilux 15 days ago | 40 comments

Peanut Allergies Could Reduce If Babies Weaned Early on Peanut Products (southampton.ac.uk)
Peanut allergy could plummet by 77 percent if peanut products were added to all babies’ diets at four to six months of age, according to new research led by the University of Southampton, Kings College London, and the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).

Peanut Allergies, Health, Research, Food Allergies, Babies

4 points by thunderbong 42 days ago | 0 comments

My peanut allergy nearly killed me – now I eat them every day for breakfast (bbc.co.uk)
Chris Brookes-Smith, 28, used to live in fear of dying from eating even the smallest trace of peanut.

Food Allergies, Health, Personal Stories, Diets

12 points by dberhane 45 days ago | 5 comments

Food allergy diagnoses in England doubled in a decade, say researchers (theguardian.com)

Food Allergies, Health, England, Research, Public Health

12 points by pseudolus 283 days ago | 3 comments