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Food allergy : an overview / U.S. Department of Health and Human Services -- Food allergies : reducing the risks / FDA Consumer Health Information, U.S.D.A. -- Food allergy among U.S. children : trends in prevalence and hospitalizations / Amy M. Branum, Susan L. Lukacs -- Food allergies : what you need to know / U.S. Food and Drug Administration -- Report of the NIH expert panel on food allergy research / National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health -- The role of NIH biomedical research in addressing food allergy / Anthony S. Fauci -- Statement of Teresa Walters, before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, hearing on "Addressing the challenge of children with food allergies" / Teresa Walters -- Testimony of Hugh A. Sampson, M.D., chief of pediatric allergy & immunology, director of the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, hearing on "Addressing the challenge of children with food allergies" / Hugh A. Sampson -- Statement of Donna Kosiorowski, RN, MS, NCSN, on behalf of the National Association of School Nurses, hearing on "Addressing the challenge of children with food allergies" / Donna Kosiorowski -- Statement of Colene Birchfield, mother of son with severe food allergies, before the Senate Help Committee, hearing on "Addressing the challenge of children with food allergies" / Colene Birchfield.