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Marcus S Shaker1,2, Jason Sanders3, Aikaterini Anagnostou4
1From the Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire.
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Food allergy impacts are far-reaching, across individuals, families, and societies, and affect both nutrition and psychological health. Understanding risk in context as well as thresholds of reactivity can help to improve food allergy management. These strategies can provide empowerment and improve quality of life. Food allergy thresholds and reaction severity can vary but both tend toward stability, at least in the short-term. An understanding of food allergen thresholds may better leverage active food allergy management as well as better tailor the most appropriate avoidance in selected individuals. Shared decision-making is central to operationalizing food allergen thresholds.
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