Self-Reported Food Allergy Prevalence Among Elementary School Children — Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, China, 2021

WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT THIS TOPIC? The prevalence of food allergy (FA) among the general population has been increasing in recent decades, and seriously affects the physical and mental health and the quality of life of many people — especially children. WHAT IS ADDED BY THIS REPORT? The survey...

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Autores principales: Feng, Hua, Luo, Nan, Chen, Fang, Li, Xinyu, Wen, Yu, Liu, Chengwei, Chen, Yan, Wu, Yongning
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Editorial Office of CCDCW, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention 2022
Materias:
Preplanned Studies
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9547745/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36284534
http://dx.doi.org/10.46234/ccdcw2022.161
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Sumario:WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT THIS TOPIC? The prevalence of food allergy (FA) among the general population has been increasing in recent decades, and seriously affects the physical and mental health and the quality of life of many people — especially children. WHAT IS ADDED BY THIS REPORT? The survey estimated self-reported FA prevalence using a standardized FA questionnaire among school children in Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, China in 2021. WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE? Based on the local, epidemiological characteristics of food allergy, public policies on the prevention and management of FA should be developed and preventive practices should be promoted to decrease the overall prevalence of FA.

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