Teens in the Real World
  Food Allergies in the Real World  

Meet Caroline

Age: 14
Allergic to: peanuts, tree nuts
Favorite actress: Audrey Hepburn
Loves: cross-country, swimming

What her friends do to help manage her food allergy: “My friends triple-check the ingredients of any food they give me. For example, one year my friends baked brownies for my birthday, and they cut out the ingredients from the box and brought them in for me to read.”

 

 





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