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Are parents receiving the wrong advice about food allergies?

Are parents getting the wrong advice about food allergies? That’s the question safefood posed as it issued guidance for new parents as part of the #EUChooseSafeFood campaign.

New safefood funded research that looked at the cost of living with a food allergy or coeliac disease in Ireland has estimated that the average cost burden for a child with a food allergy is €1,439 every year, rising to €1,602 for an adult.

A food sensitivity is a bad reaction to a food that is otherwise safe to eat.

Charlotte Johnston, Senior Community Dietitian

Staying healthy and ensuring our immune system remains strong has never been more important. It is essential for both our own and other people's health that we do our utmost to reduce our risks and protect ourselves from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Go out to a restaurant with friends, or take your child to a birthday tea, and chances are there will be someone there who cannot eat something because of a food allergy.

With Halloween just around the corner the Asthma Society of Ireland is urging people of all ages, with asthma and allergies, to take special care and be mindful of the triggers that can worsen their symptoms.