The burden of multiple food allergies was high among both children and adults in the United States, with four major phenotypes among these patients, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.
These burdens include increased health care utilization and greater perceived psychosocial stressors, Christopher M. Warren, PhD, assistant professor of preventive medicine and director of population health research at Center for Food Allergy & Asthma Research, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital