Food Allergies: Causes and Risk Factors

Incidence

Although many people experience adverse reactions to certain foods, true allergic diseases are less common than one might think. Despite this, the number of people suffering from food allergies is continuously increasing. An important problem, therefore, which currently affects about 2-7% of adults and 6-13% of children.

The incidence of food intolerances is much higher (that to lactose, for example, reaches values ​​of over 90% in some ethnic groups), but as we have repeated on several occasions, they should not be confused with allergies because they do not involve the immune system.

Causes and Risk Factors