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"Nearly a third of children with food allergies are affected by bullying, new research suggests. Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at the Mount Sinai Medical Centre in the US questioned 251 pairs of parents and children who were recruited at allergy clinics. They found that nearly one in three children had experienced bullying, although nearly half of parents (47.9 per cent) were not aware of the problem. Lead researcher Dr Eyal Shemesh, associate professor of paediatrics and psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine, said: &amp;amp;#39;Almost eight per cent of children in the US are allergic to foods such as peanuts, tree-nuts, milk, eggs and shellfish. &amp;amp;#39;Parents and paediatricians should routinely ask children with food allergy about bullying.&amp;amp;#39; The findings are published in the journal Paediatrics and may also be applicable in the UK, where research suggests that the incidence of food allergies is on the increase, particularly among children. Common food allergens include milk, eggs and peanuts. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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