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www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph Review Overview of Evidence in Prevention and Aetiology of Food Allergy: A Review of Systematic Reviews (2013)
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@MISC{Lodge13www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerphreview,
author = {Caroline J. Lodge and Katrina J. Allen and Adrian J. Lowe and Shyamali C. Dharmage},
title = {www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph Review Overview of Evidence in Prevention and Aetiology of Food Allergy: A Review of Systematic Reviews},
year = {2013}
}
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Abstract
Abstract: The worldwide prevalence of food allergy appears to be increasing. Early life environmental factors are implicated in the aetiology of this global epidemic. The largest burden of disease is in early childhood, where research efforts aimed at prevention have been focused. Evidence synthesis from good quality systematic reviews is needed. We performed an overview of systematic reviews concerning the prevention and aetiology of food allergy, retrieving 14 systematic reviews, which covered three broad topics: formula (hydrolysed or soy) for the prevention of food allergy or food sensitization; maternal and infant diet and dietary supplements for the prevention of food allergy or food sensitization and hygiene hypothesis-related interventions. Using the AMSTAR criteria for assessment of methodological quality, we found five reviews to be of high quality, seven of medium quality and two of low quality. Overall we found no compelling evidence that any of the interventions that had been systematically reviewed were related to the risk of food allergy. Updating of existing reviews, and production of new systematic reviews, are
Keyphrases
food allergy systematic review com journal ijerph review overview food sensitization good quality systematic review medium quality infant diet low quality amstar criterion dietary supplement hygiene hypothesis-related intervention methodological quality research effort global epidemic high quality early childhood worldwide prevalence compelling evidence new systematic review broad topic early life environmental factor evidence synthesis
