As a child I had really bad eczema on my hands and feet. I
knew no one else with the condition. I didn’t know anyone with asthma. How
things have changed now with asthma, eczema and rhinitis being all too common
among our children. A large international study just published online in the
respiratory journal “Thorax” has shown that eating three or more weekly
servings of fast food is linked to the severity of allergic asthma, eczema, and
rhinitis among children in the developed world. Of course, children on a good
diet can get these conditions too, but it does suggest that fast food may be,
at least in part, contributing to the “epidemic” in these childhood conditions.
