EU RESEARCH PROJECT AIMS TO DISCOVER SOURCE OF FOOD ALLERGIES
September 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) researchers are investigating why the citizens of poorer European countries are less likely to contract food allergies by those in richer states. The EU's EuroPrevall project has noted that between 2% to 4% of EU adults suffer from food allergies, with 6% of children younger than three-years-old suffering from the problem. But these proportions vary widely between European countries. A European Commission note said: "In countries like the Netherlands and Switzerland food allergies are much more common than in Bulgaria or ...
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