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Article: Mothers often mistake baby's illness for food allergy
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- The Hindustan Times
- Article date:
- February 1, 2008
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London, Feb. 1 -- A new study has highlighted that the tendency of mothers to mistake their children's illnesses for a food allergy.
University of Portsmouth researchers, who carried out the study, have revealed that the number of mothers who believe their baby is allergic to some foods is out of proportion to the actual number found to be allergic.
Contrary to popular belief, the researchers have found that the rate of food hypersensitivity is not rising.
During the 600,000-pound research, funded by the Food Standards Agency, Dr Carina Venter studied nearly all the babies born in one year in the Isle of Wight.
The ...
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