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Kids with food allergies face the school yard bully
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Children with food allergies who are exposed to potentially life-threatening situations because of their medical condition also face another threat — the school yard bully.
A 2010 study — the most recent data available on food allergies and bullying — published by the Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, reported that more than 30 percent of children have been bullied, teased or harassed...