Food Allergy in Children and the Nutritional Follow-up Quality
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Children's Hospital, Food Allergy, Nutritionist, Nutrition Education, Nutritional Follow-Up Quality
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The purpose of this paper is to measure the most common types of allergies among the children under medical follow-up in the Tripoli Children's Hospital in Tripoli, Libya, and the quality of nutritional follow-up they received in both the hospital and at home. The survey was circulated online and a paper copy to 190 children's parents between November 2019 and February 2020. The children's ages ranged between 6 months and 18 years. From the results, the wheat allergy was the most common type of allergy among the children, appearing in 81.1%, while milk, fish, and nut allergies were 9.5%, 2.6%, and 1.6%, respectively. Dietary exclusion of food allergens was 91.1% of total children. Avoidance of the causative allergen should be managed by a dietitian or other health professional with nutritional expertise to ensure that the exclusion does not lead to a nutritionally deficient diet. One of the most important recommendations of this study is to pay attention to the role of the nutritionist in awareness of the community and helping patients to choose the appropriate food for them.
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