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Food allergies and asthma are growing public health concerns.
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Food Allergies
Food allergies are a growing food safety and public health concern that affect an estimated 8% of children in the United States.* That’s 1 in 13 children, or about 2 students per classroom.
*Gupta RS, Warren CM, Smith BM, Blumenstock JA, Jiang J, Davis MM, Nadeau KC. The public health impact of parent-reported childhood food allergies in the United States. Pediatrics. 2018.
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Asthma
Approximately 25 million Americans have asthma. This equals to about 1 in 13 Americans, including 8% of adults and 7% of children in America.**
**Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2020). 2019 National Health Interview Survey data. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Retrieved from: https://www.cdc.gov/asthma/nhis/2019/data.htm.