Childhood Food Allergies

One in 12 children may suffer from food allergies.
NBC Nightly News (5/8, story 7, 2:15, Holt) reported, "A new study to be published in the Journal of Pediatrics will show a big increase in the number of children who suffer from food allergies," some of which "can be life threatening." NBC (Sanders) explained that a new study "funded by the Food Allergy Initiative...found one in 12 children have food allergies, almost twice as many as initially thought. Forty percent of those with allergies have a life-threatening condition."