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Article: Halloween Can Be Tricky for Food Allergy Families; Kids With Food Allergies Offers Halloween Trick-or-Treating Tips.
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- AScribe Business & Economics News Service
- Article date:
- October 1, 2007
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Byline: Kids With Food Allergies
DOYLESTOWN, Pa., Oct. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Halloween can be a tricky time for a growing number of children who have food allergies. Today, one in 17 children, or three to four million kids, are affected by allergies to foods such as milk, peanuts and tree nuts, ingredients commonly found in candy. Often the most life-threatening, peanut allergy, for example, has doubled in the last five years.
"Children with food allergies can enjoy Halloween just as much as other kids but it takes planning and vigilance," notes Lynda Mitchell, president of online support group Kids With Food Allergies (www.kidswithfoodallergies.org). ...