Review Article
Nutritional Aspects in Diagnosis and Management of Food Hypersensitivity—The Dietitians Role
Table 1
Risks for impaired growth in children with food allergy.
| (i) Delayed diagnosis | (ii) Onset of disease at an early age | (iii) Multiple food allergies | (iv) Active disease | (v) Persistent (subclinical) inflammation of the gut resulting in increased requirements and/or losses and poor utilization of nutrients | (vi) Inadequate food intake due to poor appetite, regulation of gastrointestinal symptoms by modifying diet | (vii) Elimination of multiple foods from diet | (viii) Elimination of staple, nutritionally central foods from diet (milk, cereals) | (ix) Poor compliance in dietary management (unwillingness to broaden diet variety) | (x) Extreme self-restriction of foods |
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