Food allergy may result from season changes during pregnancy

The likelihood your child could develop food allergies may depend on which season they were born in.

According to new medical research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, food allergy, the first three months of life in the womb and time of the year has links according to Finnish researchers.

Around 6,000 children born between 2001 and 2006 took part in their study.

Up to the age of four years, the likelihood of an allergic reaction to certain foods were found to vary according to season, ranging from 5 per cent of children born in June/July to 9.5 per cent for those born in October/November.