Name: Are food allergies more common now? 6 Minute English
Uploaded: 2020-07-01T10:40:05.000Z
Duration: 6 min 17 s
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Neil: Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English. I'm Neil.

Neil: In 6 Minute English we often talk about food,

Rob: Oh yes! And I love food. It's a very important topic.

Neil: We know that too much of the wrong kind of food

But there is another way that food can be harmful

They can become very ill if they eat certain foods

such as peanuts, shellfish, milk and so on.

So, Neil, do you have any food allergies?

Neil: Fortunately I don't, but my daughter is

and so she gets very ill if she eats those.

Neil: Well, that's a very interesting point because

Before we find out more though, here is our question.

One of the most common food allergies is to peanuts.

Now, what kind of food is a peanut? Is it:

Neil: I'll have the answer at the end of the programme.

as to whether food allergies are more common now,

Does he think there has been an increase?

Dr Adam Fox: I think we can be very confident

if you look back over, say, 30 or 40 years

that there are much more allergic problems around now

prevalence of things like eczema, food allergy

do show really significant increases over

He says there have been significant increases.

This means there has been a 'clear and obvious rise'.

Rob: He said that there have been robust studies.

A 'study' is a piece of research and if you say a study is

'robust', it means that it was 'very detailed

and conducted thoroughly to a high standard'.

Neil: He said that these studies looked at the prevalence

how common something is, how often it happens.

This is a skin condition that usually happens

in childhood.The skin can get, red, itchy and painful over

Dr Adam Fox: I think we can be very confident,

prevalence of things like eczema, food allergy do show

Neil: So what is the reason for the increase

in food allergies? Is it genetics? Dr Fox again.

Dr Adam Fox: We certainly can't put it down to genetics.

And we now understand that there is a key role for

eczema. So, there's a pretty direct relationship between

and your likelihood of getting a food allergy.

Rob: No, he says 'you can't put it down to genetics'

which means 'you can't explain it' by genetics.

Neil: In fact, according to the research,

you are more likely to develop food allergies.

Neil: OK! Now, time to review our vocabulary, but first,

let's have the answer to the quiz question.

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Are food allergies more common now? 6 Minute English

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