Socializing practices of Irish children and adolescents with food allergy: A prospective study

BackgroundFood is an integral part of social activities; because fear accidental reaction, children with food allergy (FA) are at risk exclusion or oversupervision these events. The extent adaptive behaviors poorly defined. Families attending our service encouraged to socialize and taught minimize avoid reactions.ObjectiveThe aim this study was establish the practices eating-out habits adolescents FA who already clinic.MethodsIrish children, aged 2 16 years, confirmed were recruited as a parallel prospective observational titled Recording Accidental Allergic Reactions in Children Teenagers (ReAACT). Information on activities eating out collected prospectively.ResultsA total 531 enrolled. majority attended age-appropriate 97% 5- 12-year-olds went birthday parties 85% visited friends’ houses. More nonparticipators had previous anaphylaxis (relative [RR] = 1.44; 95% CI 0.97-2.14; P .06) peanut (RR 1.19; 0.99-1.42; .06). Among adolescents, 94% homes, but only 12% been away from home alone. Overall, 523 participants (98.5 %) establishments, whereas 4.6% did not eat any establishment; significantly more likely be 3.27; 1.65-7.48; .0001).ConclusionOverall, Irish “living allergy.” There trend toward decreased participation among adolescents. Future interventions should target group specifically. Food reactions. clinic. prospectively. A .0001).