An increasing number of children have food allergies, according to a new report from the CDC. The study shows an 18 percent increase in food or digestive allergies over the past 10 years.

 Ninety percent of the allergies were from eight types of food: milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, soy and wheat.

 Previous reports document the link between food allergies and other allergies. Specifically, the report in 2007 sites that 29 percent of children with a food allergy also had asthma, compared to 12 percent of children without food allergies. Children with food allergies were also more likely to have eczema or respiratory allergies.

 CDC – October 2008.

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