Food Allergies Can Make Kids Targets for Bullies

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Kids With Food Allergies11/13/127:00 PM

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Unfortunately food allergy bullying is relatively common. Hopefully as awareness and education continue to permeate our school communities, understanding and support will make bullying less common.

Around 35% of food-allergic children report they have been bullied, harassed or teased due to their food allergies. Most of this bullying occurs at school.

Read more at News-Leader.com: http://www.news-leader.com/art...g-target?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|&nclick_check=1

AllergyHome.org offers a great 30-minute educational module for schools to train staff about food allergies: http://www.allergyhome.org/sch...-staff-need-to-know/

Kids With Food Allergies Foundation has two recorded webinars that deal with how to manage food allergies at school:

Food Allergy in School: What Parents Need to Know

and

Food Allergy in School: Ask the Experts (a Q&A session)

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