01 Jun 2017 --- Research has found that 3.6 percent of people had a documented food allergy, with highest rates among females and Asians. Investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital combed through medical records from more than 2.7 million patients, identifying more than 97,000 with one or more documented food allergy or intolerance. Their findings are published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
