Presented by Kids With Food Allergies Foundation: Two allergists share their own families' stories about dealing with food allergies during the holiday season. Learn new strategies and tips on how to keep your children safe from unsafe food.

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This is the video recording from the live webinar Kids With Food Allergies Foundation (KFA) presented on 11/6/12.

Your top questions were asked of the experts, our guest speakers: 

Michael Pistiner, MD, MMSc

Pediatric Allergist

Chair of the KFA's Medical Advisory Team

Co-Founder AllergyHome.org

Sarah Boudreau-Romano, MD

Pediatric Allergist

Founder TheAllergistMom.com

Both allergists are also parents of children with food allergies.

The resources and references mentioned in this video are:

AllergyHome.org (information handouts and tools to help you teach family, friends and caregivers about food allergies)

TheAllergistMom.com Dr. Boudreau-Romano's blog

Hosting Holiday Guests with Food Allergies (blog post by Dr. Pistiner)

Study: Frequency of Mouthing Behavior in Young Children This study demonstrates how often children put their hands into their mouths, which can pose a risk for food-allergic children.

Handwashing/Cleaning Study (PDF) This is the referenced study regarding hand sanitizers, soap, and cleaning products and their efficiency at removing peanut allergen.

Allergy-Friendly Recipes We have a selection of free featured recipes or you can subscribe to be a KFA Family Member and access over 1,200 allergy-friendly recipes to help you plan your holiday menus.

Food & Cooking Forums  KFA hosts 3 support forums to help families with allergy-friendly cooking and baking.  Access to these forums is free, but requires registration to login.

Thank you!