food allergy
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- noun
- /fuːd ˈælərdʒi/
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alergia alimentaria
- If you have food allergies, it is important to read labels carefully to avoid allergic reactions.
- confirmed food allergy
And the response with a food allergy could be digestive symptoms alone.
- And the response with a food allergy could be digestive symptoms alone.
- People with real food allergies advocate for themselves and order accordingly.
- I never really thought about food allergies until I had a child who has a severe allergy.
- You know, blood work, stool test, food allergy test, DNA test, some type of hormone analysis and then sitting down with those results to see your diet.
- High sugar diet, not enough fat, things like gluten, food allergies.
- So you'd get less food allergies, you'd get resistance to infection would be better.
- Penicillin, of course, is another big one and this can cause people to have food sensitivities and food allergies.
- But it's the fake food allergy people that are the worst that are causing a lot of problems for all of us.
Examples
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- Do you have any food allergies?
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Common signs of a food allergy can be rashes or chronic digestive problems.
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Does she have any food allergies?
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Any food allergies or anything?
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Billy, do you have any food allergies?
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But before we get started, I'm required to ask if any of you have any food allergies.
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People with real food allergies advocate for themselves and order accordingly.
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One out of 17 children now has some form of food allergy, and allergy rates are rising.
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One of the unfortunate truths of living with food allergies is that some things are off-limits.
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Globally, it is estimated that food allergies affect 3.5-4% of the world's population, with seafood allergies among the most common.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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2.6
A harmful reaction of the body to foods, pollen or animal fur that causes sneezing, rash and breathing problems
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3.0
The body has a strong unwanted response to things like pollen or peanuts and causes swelling, sneezing and difficulty breathing
An extreme response by the immune system to something you are allergic to that can be life threatening
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derivable from 'food' (substance eaten) + 'allergy' (adverse immune reaction); a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer an allergy caused by certain foods. This noun–noun combination follows a common cross-linguistic pattern (an allergy to X), so the phrase is immediately comprehensible without special cultural or idiomatic knowledge.
Etymology
Food allergy comes from a clear image: when someone eats a certain food, their body wrongly treats it like a danger and makes a strong 'reaction' such as hives or swelling. That's why food allergy, literally food + allergy, means a harmful 'reaction' in the body after eating certain foods.