CDC Confirms Growth in Childhood Food Allergies

I'll be going back to a few stories I didn't get to cover in October, and this is one I think is so important, if not surprising: The number of children with food allergies grew 18 percent in a decade, from 1997 to 2007, according to a study by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In real numbers, that's 3 million kids in 2007. Wow. I hope we see the growth in allergy research match the growth in allergies themselves so we can start answering the "why" question.