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The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) defines food allergy as “an adverse health effect arising from a specific immune response that occurs reproducibly on exposure to a given food”. According to the White Book published in 2013 by the World Allergy Organization (WAO), it is estimated that around 240–500 million people worldwide suffer from food allergies. This chronic pathology, which mainly affects children and young adults, has a significant impact on quality of life and eating habits which, let us remember, is the human behaviour that guarantees our personal survival. On the other hand, those who suffer from an eating disorder as a primary pathology can easily believe, or have people in their family believe, that an allergy or food intolerance is at the source of their problem. It is always necessary, therefore, to employ validated diagnostic criteria and methods, outlined in this chapter, to eliminate confusion and facilitate meaningful communication and cooperation between the patient and the medical team. This may also imply the inclusion of a specialist expert in food allergies to advise the treatment team in cases of eating disorders.

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    Elaine Kathleen Tyndall

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, Tor Vergata University Rome, Rome, Italy

    Fabrizio Jacoangeli

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  2. Formerly Sapienza University of Rome, Founding Editor of Eating and Weight Disorders, Campiglia Marittima, Livorno, Italy

    Massimo Cuzzolaro

  3. Experimental Medicine Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Editor-in-Chief of Eating and Weight Disorders, Roma, Roma, Italy

    Lorenzo Maria Donini

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Tyndall, E.K., Jacoangeli, F. (2022). Food Allergies. In: Manzato, E., Cuzzolaro, M., Donini, L.M. (eds) Hidden and Lesser-known Disordered Eating Behaviors in Medical and Psychiatric Conditions . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81174-7_26

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