Authors:
Prescott SL, Allen KA.
Authors notes:
Paediatric Allergy Principles and Practice. London: Elsevier London; 2015. p. 383-91.
Keywords:
Paediatric, Allergy
Abstract:
The rise in food allergy is more rapid than genetic deviation would allow and the current consensus is that environmental factors integrally linked to the 'modern lifestyle' are likely to be key drivers of this phenomenon.
The concept that these factors might be potentially modifiable is supported by studies demonstrating that food allergy is more common in developed than developing countries, and migrants appear to acquire the incident risk of allergy of their adopted country.