Kids With Food Allergies Often Victims of Bullying

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Kids with food allergies are frequently bullied and harassed by their classmates and even their teachers, a new study finds.

About 35 percent of children over the age of 5 who are allergic to certain foods have experienced harassment, taunting or bullying at school because of their allergies, researchers at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York found.

Eighty-six percent were teased repeatedly, most often by classmates. But more than 20 percent of kids reported they were harassed or taunted by their teachers and other school staff.

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HUH?!!
 
wow, I didn't know this.
I have a grandson allergic to peanuts and he is bullied allot.
 

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