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Childhood asthma, food allergy may up anxiety disorder risk

For the study, detailed in the journal BMJ Open, the team from the University of Waterloo surveyed children between the age of six and 16

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If your child is suffering from chronic illness such as asthma or food allergy, he or she is more likely to develop anxiety or other mental health disorders, finds a study. The findings showed that anxiety disorders were most common, including separation anxiety, generalised anxiety and phobias, in kids with chronic illness such as asthma, food allergy, epilepsy, diabetes or juvenile arthritis.

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