Thais Guide to Being Food Allergy Smart - Educating the Community

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Thai’s Guide to Being Food Allergy Smart - Educating the Community Parent Guide - Having a child diagnosed with a food allergy is overwhelming.  This book is a beginner’s guide to food allergies and will help you educate your family and friends on some basic steps to living life safely and positively with allergies. Food allergies may be challenging at times, but they are manageable.

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SKU 9780987283993

Thai’s Guide to Being Food Allergy Smart - Educating the Community Parent Guide

Having a child diagnosed with a food allergy is overwhelming.  This book is a beginner’s guide to food allergies and will help you educate your family and friends on some basic steps to living life safely and positively with allergies. Food allergies may be challenging at times, but they are manageable.

Allergic disease affects four million Australians. One in ten babies will develop a food allergy in Australia. Allergy education is not just about educating  parents and their children. Whether we are young or old, male or female, whatever our occupation, as a community we all need to understand allergies.

In this guide you will find all the basic information in one spot, giving you tips on managing allergies at home, at restaurants, BBQs, birthday parties and when staying with friends. Practical information for families and loved ones, making allergies seem less overwhelming. A guide that parents can then share with family, friends and teachers.

Are You Food Allergy Smart?

When your child is diagnosed with allergies, you leave the doctor’s feeling overwhelmed and scared, often with minimal practical information or none at all. Food allergies are challenging, but they are manageable. You just need to learn how to be Food Allergy Smart!
 
This book is a beginner’s guide to food allergies and will help you educate your family, staff and friends on some easy steps to living safely and positively with allergies. The book covers some of the following topics:
 
What is a food allergy?
Reading labels
Cross-contamination
Explaining allergies to toddlers
Family lunches
Eating out
Picnics and BBQs
Birthday parties
Sleepovers
Symptoms of an allergic reaction
Adrenaline and treating anaphylaxis
Allergies don’t define me
Recipe to share with family, friends and school
 
It’s not just children with allergies who need to be Food Allergy Smart, it’s also their friends, other parents, relatives, siblings, educators, teachers, grandparents, and anyone who spends time with them. Whether we are young or old, male or female, whatever our occupation, as a community we all need to understand allergies.
 
In this guide you will find all the basic information you need to know in one spot, giving you tips on managing allergies at home, at restaurants, BBQs, birthday parties and when staying with friends. Crammed with practical information for families and loved ones, this book will make allergies seem far less overwhelming. It’s a guide that parents can then share with family, friends and teachers.