According to a recent study conducted by the Murdoch Children’s Institute, Australia has one of the highest rates of food allergies in the world, and is particularly high among children.
This coincides with a rise in the amount of emergency room presentations for anaphylaxis among children in the last two decades, as it is expected that almost 1 in 10 infants suffer from a food allergy.
The study concluded the rise in these allergies are due to significant changes in food manufacturing, diet, and urbanisation over the past 50 years.