Allergic diseases among Asian children in the United States

Recent studies have uncovered remarkably elevated rates of allergic disease among Asian immigrants to Australia,1and previous studies in the United Studies suggest that children of Asian immigrants may have higher risks of eczema and food allergy but lower rates of asthma.2,3However, because nationally representative surveys typically have small numbers of Asian participants, there is little population-level data on the prevalence of allergic diseases among Asian children in the United States.