Clean Out The Pantry» Books http://cleanoutthepantry.org Help for people and families with food allergies Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:17:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 “Allergy Tales: A Birthday Party” http://cleanoutthepantry.org/2010/03/14/allergy-tales-a-birthday-party/ http://cleanoutthepantry.org/2010/03/14/allergy-tales-a-birthday-party/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:07:29 +0000 peanutmom http://cleanoutthepantry.org/?p=694 A local food allergy family, Carey Shoemaker & her husband, have just published our first children’s book:  Allergy Tales:  A Birthday Party.  We struggled to find useful resources that would help us teach our son about his food allergy.  Because I couldn’t find what I was looking for, I wrote a book for my son – and we eventually decided to publish it.  Here’s a brief description:
“When AJ is invited to a friend’s birthday party, he worries that his food allergies may spoil the fun.  But with the help of a clever rhyme, he finds the self-confidence he needs to go to the party, keep himself safe, and still have a great time!”
 
The book is currently available athttp://www.amazon.com/Allergy-Tales-Birthday-Carey-Shoemaker/dp/0982368801/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268611613&sr=8-1.  I hope it helps you and your child as much as it helped us!
 
Please also check out their website: http://www.allergyonboard.com/
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The National Center of Health Statistics which is part of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a study of food allergies in children.  The highlights of the study are:

  • In 2007, approximately 3 million children under age 18 years (3.9%) were reported to have a food  or digestive allergy in the previous 12 months.
  • From 1997 to 2007, the prevalence of reported food allergy increased 18% among children under age 18 years.
  • Children with food allergy are two to four times more likely to have other related conditions such as asthma and other allergies, compared with children without food allergies.
  • From 2004 to 2006, there were approximately 9,500 hospital discharges per year with a diagnosis related to food allergy among children under age 18 years.

You can find the entire report at their website.  I hope that this will lead to more funding of autoimmune disease research.  After all allergies are a result of our bodies autoimmune system being out of wack (a technical term :) ).  

 

While I am on the subject of autoimmune disease, I highly recommend the book pictured. This is one of those books that I had a very difficult time setting down.  The author has a personal connection with the issue and as a reporter, she knows how to research a topic.  This combination makes for a great book, IMHO. 

You can click on the image to purchase the book from Amazon.com

You can find more information about the author at her website.

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