Tsunami?

Can you believe it?

After all of the hype in the last few months regarding how us over-protective parents are overstating the incidence of food allergies... apparently there is now a TSUNAMI of peanut-allergic kids - at least in Australia.

Expert warns of food allergy 'generation'
According to allergy specialist Dr Raymond Mullins, his study issued today reveals the incidence of peanut allergy has more than doubled ...

Peanut allergy doubles, "tsunami" of allergic kids
A potentially fatal peanut allergy is being detected in Australian children at more than double the rate of less than a decade ...

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"The research confirmed it was a "real increase", Dr Mullins said, and not solely linked to rising parental concerns. "Severity hasn't changed, which dispels the myth that it is worried parents coming out of the woodwork with mild allergic kids," he said. "We weren't seeing it ten years ago - this is a real increase."
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For those of you whom don't believe that this is really happening..it is! Life-threatening food allergies are becoming more and more common-place; to a neighbour, friend, child, grandchild, and yes, maybe even to you.

Us FA parents aren't overreacting, we're just on the forefront of a new - dare I say it - trend? in food allergies. Or maybe Tsunami is a better word. Nah.. what about New Generation.. maybe we could call it Gen-A?

:-)