Title: Designating May 28, 2020, as the first annual "National Food Allergy Prevention Awareness Day" to raise awareness and encourage the prevention of severe food allergies among children.
Policy area: Health

Summary:
This resolution supports the designation of National Food Allergy Prevention Awareness Day and encourages awareness of, and research into, food allergy prevention.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 982 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 982

 Designating May 28, 2020, as the first annual ``National Food Allergy 
    Prevention Awareness Day'' to raise awareness and encourage the 
          prevention of severe food allergies among children.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 28, 2020

 Ms. Brownley of California (for herself, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Khanna, Mr. 
     Rose of New York, and Mr. Cicilline) submitted the following 
 resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Designating May 28, 2020, as the first annual ``National Food Allergy 
    Prevention Awareness Day'' to raise awareness and encourage the 
          prevention of severe food allergies among children.

Whereas 32 million Americans live with food allergies, including many that are 
        life-threatening, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
        reports that the prevalence of food allergies in children increased by 
        50 percent between 1997 and 2011;
Whereas food allergies have an enormous impact on quality of life for the 1 in 
        13 children who develops a severe food allergy, and one-third of 
        children over the age of 5 with allergies are bullied for their allergy;
Whereas there is an annual cost to families in the United States of nearly $25 
        billion per year, not including the impact to quality of life;
Whereas many children who develop a food allergy do not have a family history of 
        food allergies, and therefore the family is much less aware of the life-
        changing consequences of developing a food allergy and the need for food 
        allergy prevention;
Whereas research has shown that early introduction has shown promise in reducing 
        the impact of food allergies in studies where parents feed peanuts and 
        eggs, allergenic foods, to their babies as early as 4 to 6 months of 
        age; and
Whereas medical guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the 
        National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases recommend early 
        peanut introduction with different approaches depending on the child's 
        risk category of developing an allergy: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) supports the designation of the first annual ``National 
        Food Allergy Prevention Awareness Day'';
            (2) recognizes--
                    (A) the National Institutes of Health and the 
                National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases 
                for funding the initial food allergy prevention 
                research through the Learning Early About Peanut 
                Allergy (LEAP) trial; and
                    (B) the advocacy community for its work to educate 
                parents about food allergy prevention;
            (3) encourages health care providers, the public health 
        community, businesses, individuals, and Federal, State, and 
        local governments, to work together to raise awareness of food 
        allergy prevention to reduce the number of individuals in the 
        United States who have severe food allergies; and
            (4) encourages State and Federal health agencies to further 
        expand research in food allergy prevention and into how we can 
        dramatically reduce food allergies in the United States.
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