Hi everyone and welcome back to episode 4. In this episode I discuss findings from a recent publication that I was involved creating communication material for. The study set out to identify trends in food-induced anaphylaxis hospital admissions and related fatalities from 1998 to 2018 in the UK and I discuss some of the main findings.

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References:
1.Schäfer, T., E. Böhler, S. Ruhdorfer, L. Weigl, D. Wessner, J. Heinrich, B. Filipiak, H‐E. Wichmann, and J. Ring. "Epidemiology of food allergy/food intolerance in adults: associations with other manifestations of atopy." Allergy 56, no. 12 (2001): 1172-1179.

2.Brown, A.F., McKinnon, D. and Chu, K., 2001. Emergency department anaphylaxis: a review of 142 patients in a single year. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 108(5), pp.861-866.

3.Løvik, M., Namork, E., Fæste, C. and Egaas, E., 2004. The Norwegian national reporting system and register of severe allergic reactions to food. Norsk epidemiologi, 14(2).

4.Afify, S.M. and Pali-Schöll, I., 2017. Adverse reactions to food: the female dominance–A secondary publication and update. World Allergy Organization Journal, 10(1), pp.1-8.

5.Conrado, A.B., Ierodiakonou, D., Gowland, M.H., Boyle, R.J. and Turner, P.J., 2021. Food anaphylaxis in the United Kingdom: analysis of national data, 1998-2018. bmj, 372.

6.Articles links: https://food.blog.gov.uk/2021/02/18/food-anaphylaxis-in-the-uk-what-weve-learnt-by-analysing-national-data/

7.Article link: https://www.newfoodmagazine.com/article/141009/fsa-takeaway-allergen-research/