Citation

Polloni L, Gini G, Fiore G, Lazzarotto F, Bonaguro R, Toniolo A, Celegato N, Muraro A. Pediatr. Allergy Immunol. 2015; 27(2): 225-226.

Affiliation

Referral Centre for Food Allergy Diagnosis and Treatment, Veneto Region, Department of Women and Child Health, Padua University Hospital, Padua, Italy.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/pai.12486

PMID

26360124

Abstract

Bullying is demonstrated to be a critical issue related to food allergy (FA) in children and adolescents. We recently investigated bullying victimization in a sample of food-allergic Italian students matched to healthy controls, finding that food-allergic schoolchildren have a probability of being bullied approximately 2 times higher than healthy peers. 60% of them reported they were victims of some form of bullying at least once in the last 2 months, demonstrating that food-allergic patients should be included in the category of students at high risk of bullying. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Language: en