{"title":"Heather Fraser","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeather Fraser\u003c\/strong\u003e explores pressing issues in the realm of health and wellness, offering insightful analysis and accessible explanations. Her work often delves into contemporary concerns, such as allergies and public health challenges, blending scientific research with practical understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtful, well-researched narratives that illuminate complex medical topics with clarity and empathy. Fraser’s books invite reflection on how modern lifestyles impact our well-being, making her an essential voice for those interested in health matters.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-peanut-allergy-epidemic-by-heather-fraser-9781632203571","title":"The Peanut Allergy Epidemic","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEssential Reading for Every Parent\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the early 1990s, tens of thousands of children with severe peanut and food allergies arrived for kindergarten at schools in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and the United States. The phenomenon of a life-threatening allergy in kids in only these countries occurred simultaneously, without warning, and it quickly intensified. The number of peanut allergic children in the United States alone went from virtually none to about two million in just twenty years. As these children have aged, the combined number of American adults and children allergic to peanuts has grown to a total of four million.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHow and why has this epidemic occurred? In \u003cem\u003eThe Peanut Allergy Epidemic\u003c\/em\u003e, Heather Fraser explains:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003ePrecisely when the peanut allergy epidemic began.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eHow a child-specific allergy epidemic happened before, at the close of the nineteenth century.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eThat in the early twentieth century, doctors, including the 1913 Nobel Prize in medicine winner, identified vaccination as the cause of the first paediatric allergy epidemic impacting 50 percent of children.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eThat more than one hundred years of medical literature describes how vaccination creates allergy to what is in the shot, air, or body at the time of injection.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eHow changes in US vaccination legislation sparked the allergy epidemic in children.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFraser also highlights alternative medicines and explores issues of vaccine safety and other food allergies, making this fully updated second edition a must-read for every parent, teacher, and health professional.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47600059220204,"sku":"9781632203571","price":54.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9137af6128bbc60de13e3ae43bbb6f1c.jpg?v=1778021292"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/heather-fraser.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}