2. What is the Nutritional Problem?
Food Allergies
Cow milk, egg, wheat, soy, fish, and peanuts are all
common food allergies.
8% American Children have food allergies
40% of them have had a severe reaction.
3. Who does the problem affect?
Everyone!
Symptoms vary with age
Asthma, conjunctivitis, wheezing, atopic dermatitis.
4. Why is it important to address this problem?
Removing nutrient dense food could lead to poor
nutrient intake and impaired growth
Milk for example is a staple food for infants and
children and their development.
Everyone in contact with child should be made
aware of the allergy for safety.
5. Skin test
• Involves scratching or
pricking your skin with
one or more extracts
• If your body makes an
antibody to the food
then itching, redness
may appear.
RAST
(radioallergosorbent
test)
• Used to test a sample of
blood for antibody to a
specific food.
• Used when skin
conditions make skin
testing difficult.
Oral food challenge
• Provides the most
convincing results.
• These should be done
with a specialist present
in case of a reaction.
6. It’s a common nutritional problem in the first
year of an infants life.
Hispanic are less likely to suffer from food
allergies than black or white children
Some have immediate and long term effects on
their health, growth and development
80% of children will outgrow milk and egg
allergies.
7. Don’t consume food that cause reaction
Read ingredients label
Prepare meals if traveling
Ask restaurants about ingredients
Formulas for infants
8. No cure
Avoidance of allergen
School staff develop plans
Early recognition
