Children's allergies to peanuts, dairy and other foods cost the U.S. nearly $25 billion a year.
September 30/Los Angeles/Los Angeles Times -- Children's allergies to peanuts, dairy and other foods cost the U.S. nearly $25 billion a year, according to the first survey to come up with a comprehensive price tag for a condition that affects 8% of American kids.
Researchers led by Dr. Ruchi Gupta, a pediatrician at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and a professor at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, surveyed 1,643 parents around the country who have at least one child with a food allergy. The parents' responses were weighted to match the actual distribution of children with food allergies in the United States.