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Prevalence of self-reported food allergy in American adults and use of food labels
Abstract
Background Few population-based studies in the United States have determined the prevalence of food allergy in adults and the problems these individuals might have with reading food labels.Objective The objectives of this study are to report the prevalence of self-reported food allergy, to identify the characteristics of food allergy reactions, and to describe the use of labels among adults with food allergy.Methods Questions from the US Food and Drug Administration's 2001 Food Safety Survey were analyzed to determine the prevalence of food allergy and opinions about food labels in the management of food allergy.Results The prevalence of self-reported food allergy is 9.1% among all survey respondents, with 5.3% of all respondents reporting a doctor-diagnosed food allergy. The prevalence of food allergy to the 8 most common allergens (peanut, tree nuts, egg, milk, wheat, soybeans, fish, and crustacean shellfish) is self-reported as 2.7% among respondents with doctors' diagnoses. Several label issues, such as words on some ingredient lists being too technical or hard to understand and food labels not always alerting persons to new ingredients, were reported as serious or very serious obstacles for managing an allergy.Conclusion The prevalence of self-reported doctor-diagnosed food allergy among US adults is 5.3%, and a large portion of adults with food allergy found certain label issues a serious problem for managing their food allergy.Clinical implications The findings provide a needed source of population-based prevalence data of food allergy among US adults. Label issues identified are useful in understanding the difficulties of managing a food allergy.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Vierk, K. A., Koehler, K. M., Fein, S. B., & Street, D. A.
- Affiliations
- Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2007-06
- Volume
- 119
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1504-1510
- ISSN
- 0091-6749 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1987494349
- Cited by
- 203
- References
- 15
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 10.49
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Immunology and Allergy › Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology (medical) › Drug-Induced Adverse Reactions
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Gastroenterology › Eosinophilic Esophagitis
- Keywords
- food allergy, prevalence, adults, food labels, label comprehension, food allergy management, peanut allergy, tree nuts, cow's milk allergy, wheat allergy, soy allergy, fish allergy, egg allergy, ingredient lists
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Food Hypersensitivity, Food Labeling, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Self-Assessment, United States, Prevalence
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