Results tagged “kids allergies” from Mom's the Word

On the days I feed my boys Costco pizza, or treat them to a cookie without a second thought, I think of parents like Nelo and Rose, cousins from New Jersey . I bow before them, not only because they are raising their two sons with so much love, and humor, but also because both boys are thriving despite having multiple allergies.

            Experts say they can't explain why the number of children with food allergies has increased 18 percent in the past decade. About 4 percent of children under 18 -- or 3 million children -- had food allergies in 2007, according to a report from the National Center for Health Statistics, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About 9,500 a year were hospitalized for food allergies from 2004 to 2006 -- more than three and a half times as many as in 1998 to 2000, according to the CDC study.