Climate Change and Food Allergy

Ashley Sang Eun Lee; Nicole Ramsey

doi:10.1016/j.iac.2023.07.003

Climate Change and Food Allergy

Immunol Allergy Clin North Am. 2024 Feb;44(1):75-83. doi: 10.1016/j.iac.2023.07.003. Epub 2023 Aug 7.

Authors

Ashley Sang Eun Lee¹, Nicole Ramsey²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Allergy and Immunology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1425 Madison Avenue, New York 10029, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, 10540 Avenue K, Brooklyn, NY 11236-3018, USA. Electronic address: ashleysangeun.lee@mssm.edu.
² Division of Allergy and Immunology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1425 Madison Avenue, New York 10029, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, 10540 Avenue K, Brooklyn, NY 11236-3018, USA.

PMID: 37973261
DOI: 10.1016/j.iac.2023.07.003

Abstract

The role of environmental factors including climate change and consequent influences of air pollution on food allergy remains less explored compared with impacts on allergic rhinitis and asthma. In this review, we discuss the epithelial barrier hypothesis as a proposed mechanism of food allergy development that may be relevant in this context. We also discuss existing studies that provide insight into the intricate relationship between food allergy and climate-related environmental factors.

Keywords: Climate change; Eosinophilic esophagitis; Food allergy; Global warming; Greenhouse gases; Oral allergy syndrome.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Air Pollution* / adverse effects
Asthma*
Climate Change
Food Hypersensitivity* / epidemiology
Humans
Rhinitis, Allergic*