MINISTRY OF HEALTH "2015 PENULTIMATE YEAR CHILDREN AND SURVEY AND RESEARCH PROJECT PROMOTING THE PARENTING SUPPORT" ACTUAL CONDITIONS REPORT ON THE RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATION ON ALLERGY CONTROL IN DAY-CARE CENTERS ADMISSIONS CHILDREN OF ALLERGIC DISEASES SITUATION AND DAY-CARE CENTERS

BACKGROUND: There are no reports on the prevalence and social acceptance of food allergies (FAs) and FAinduced symptoms in nursery schools in Japan.

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to clarify the current status of FA among children in nurseries.

METHODS: Investigations were conducted in childcare facilities nationwide through survey request forms found on the Web page or sent via post.

RESULT: We received responses from 15722 out of the 32210 institutions (48.8%) to whom survey request forms were sent.The overall prevalence of FA was 4.0%, with 6.4% at age less than 1 year, 7.1% at age 1, 5.1% at age 2, 3.6% at age 3, 2.8% at age 4, 2.3% at age 5, and 0.8% at age 6. Ninety-three point four percent of the institutions responded that they catered to children with FA, whereas 3.3% of the institutions responded that they did not. The details of the meal service were as follows: 52.4% were meals without causative foods, 39.5% were alternative meals without causative foods, and 3.3% were packed lunches from home. Seven point six percent of infants had at least one FA symptom in the institutions.

CONCLUSION: Several nursery schools were accepting children with FA, and school lunches were also modified by removing causative food and providing alternative meals. On the other hand, several infants experience FA-induced symptoms, and it is necessary for each department to establish a system to reduce accidental ingestion and to ensure proper emergency response.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:67

Enthalten in:

Arerugi = [Allergy - 67(2018), 3 vom: 01., Seite 202-210

Sprache:

Japanisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yanagida, Noriyuki [VerfasserIn]
Ebisawa, Motohiro [VerfasserIn]
Katsunuma, Toshio [VerfasserIn]
Yoshizawa, Jyoji [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Accident
Anaphylaxis
Food allergy
Journal Article
Nursery school
Prevalence

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 10.05.2019

Date Revised 10.05.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.15036/arerugi.67.202

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM284157295