Professor Katie Allen To eat or not to eat – why is food ...

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To eat or not to eat ? why is food allergy on the rise and can it

be prevented?

Allergies are increasing

No Prac7ce Pa7ents Admissions for anaphylaxis per 106/pa

120

200

Ur7caria 100

Total anaphylaxis 150 80

60

100 Atopic

Derma77s 40

50

20

Food Anaphylaxis

0

0

0--4 years 5--14 years 15--29 years >30 years

Year

Year

Mullins RJ . Paediatric food allergy trends in a community--based specialist allergy prac7ce, 1995?2006 Med J Aust 2007;

Trends in pediatric food allergy in US

Corinne et al Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, 2014-03-01

Food allergy ? the new kid on the block: are the drivers of disease different?

Liew WK, Williamson E, Tang MLK. JACI. 2009

The HealthNuts Study

A popula7on based cohort study in Melbourne Australia of 5300 infants followed from age 1--10years

The HealthNuts Study ? Recruitment age 1 year

1) Popula7on sample (n=5276) 2) SPT (peanut, egg, cow's milk and sesame) and ques7onnaire (n=5276)

3) Oral Food Challenge for all sensi7sed children (n=1089) and 200 nega7ve controls

4) Follow up at age 2,4,6 and 10 years

Koplin J et al, Cohort Profile,

IJE 2016

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