Why food allergies seems so prevalent in Western Countries?

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I’ve lived in Australia for six years and I was surprised that people have a lot of allergies and this is even reflected in some movie scenes in Hollywood movies or am I just assuming wrong?

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The “hygiene hypothesis” is the most common explanation, where children reared in overly sterile environments never properly develop their immune system. This causes it to have extreme immune reactions to fairly benign phenomena.

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