Australian-born children with Asian mothers have higher rates of nut allergy than Asian-born children who migrate to Australia.
February 18, 2016
This suggests that, while the Asian environment appears to be protective against food allergy, Australian-born Asian children are at much higher of risk of food allergies. This may be due to a multitude of pre-, perinatal and post-natal factors, including changes in diet, bacterial and UV exposure.
HealthNuts is a large, population-based study, which reported that Melbourne has the highest prevalence of immediate food allergy in the world, with approximately 10 per cent of 1 year old children having either egg (9%) or peanut (3%) allergy.
https://www.mcri.edu.au/news/migration-clue-nut-allergy
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