Foods can cause a wide variety of reactions in children. A food allergy can be life threatening in some rare cases but most reactions are less severe. Foods are often blamed when they are not the cause of the problem, so it is important to get any illness or reaction checked by a doctor to be sure of the cause.
Food allergies are not common (probably around five percent of people have a mild food allergy, and severe food allergies are rare), but many people think that they are allergic to foods – some research has reported that up to 20 percent of people are limiting the foods that they eat because they think they are allergic to a food.
Food reactions are more common in young children and most disappear as the child gets older. If one or more foods cannot be eaten by a child, it is important to be sure the child is still getting a healthy diet.
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