AUSTRALIA has one of the worst rates of food allergies and eczema, but a group of scientists wants to make it the best at finding solutions.
One in five Australians has an allergy and it can take more than 12 months for a child to get an appointment with a specialist.
In response, an alliance of 20 leading researchers will work together to understand food allergies and intolerances.
Calling their project the Centre for Research Excellence in Paediatric Food Allergy and Food-related Immune Disorders, their first task will be to test the effectiveness of Vitamin D for the prevention of food allergies.
Another project will be to trial a possible solution for allergies to eggs, milk and peanuts.
"Unfortunately we seem to be leading the way with regard to food allergy prevalence. What we want to do is lead the way with regard to prevention and management," said Professor Katie Allen of Melbourne's Murdoch Childrens Research Institute.
"This centre allows us to mount globally important trials."
The scientists hope their work will lead to strategies to prevent food allergies developing, prevent adverse events in children with a food allergy and to prevent food allergy progressing to asthma.
The centre will provide evidence-based guidelines for the care of patients.
Research by the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, the University of Melbourne and the University of Western Australia has shown food allergy and eczema may be a "gateway disease".
Infants with a food allergy are five times more likely to develop respiratory allergic diseases such as asthma later in life.
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