Saturday, June 9, 2018

Study: Autistic Kids Twice as Likely to Suffer from Food Allergies

A new study finds that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are more than twice as likely to suffer from a food allergy than children who do not have ASD.

The study’s findings add to a growing body of research that suggests immunological dysfunction as a possible risk factor for the development of ASD, said Dr. Wei Bao, an assistant professor of epidemiology at the University of Iowa College of Public Health and the study’s corresponding author.

“It is possible that the...


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source https://psychcentral.com/news/2018/06/09/study-autistic-kids-twice-as-likely-to-suffer-from-food-allergies/136040.html

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