Close To One-Third Of Children With Food Allergies Are Bullied

Food allergies can pre-dispose children to being bullied at school, suggests a new study published today in Pediatrics. The study examined 251 families from a New York City food allergy clinic and discovered that nearly one-third of kids have been bullied because of their food allergy. The bullying happened on school grounds and resulted in teasing. In most instances, the kids reported that classmates threatened them with the food to which they were allergic. They would wave it in front of them, throw it at them or promised they would put it in their food undetected...

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