Navigating Food Allergies: A Parent's Guide to Care, Coverage, and Confidence

The practical guide to managing your child's food allergy challenges.

When your child has a food allergy, every season of life brings new challenges. Navigating Food Allergies is the trusted, practical resource for parents seeking clarity, confidence, and control in a world that too often feels uncertain. Allergist Alice Hoyt, MD, offers a step-by-step guide through every stage of the food allergy journey, from health care encounters to everyday meals. From your child's first allergic reaction to the long-term planning that helps your child begin to handle their food allergies, Dr. Hoyt provides a framework for how you can comprehensively manage your child's life with food allergies.

Dr. Hoyt empowers you to:
• Understand food allergy tests, diagnoses, and treatments
• Create the right care team for your child
• Prepare for and navigate medical appointments
• Create effective plans to respond to allergy emergencies
• Manage the social impacts of food allergies when you're out of the house
• Navigate insurance and health care costs
• Understand the differences between food allergies, food intolerances, and other adverse reactions to foods

This guide offers clear strategies for tackling the medical, logistical, emotional, and financial realities of parenting your child with food allergies. You'll find helpful visuals, planning tools, and checklists designed for real families managing real challenges. Throughout the book, Dr. Hoyt emphasizes preparation over panic, teamwork over guesswork, and informed decision-making over misinformation.

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Navigating Food Allergies: A Parent's Guide to Care, Coverage, and Confidence

The practical guide to managing your child's food allergy challenges.

When your child has a food allergy, every season of life brings new challenges. Navigating Food Allergies is the trusted, practical resource for parents seeking clarity, confidence, and control in a world that too often feels uncertain. Allergist Alice Hoyt, MD, offers a step-by-step guide through every stage of the food allergy journey, from health care encounters to everyday meals. From your child's first allergic reaction to the long-term planning that helps your child begin to handle their food allergies, Dr. Hoyt provides a framework for how you can comprehensively manage your child's life with food allergies.

Dr. Hoyt empowers you to:
• Understand food allergy tests, diagnoses, and treatments
• Create the right care team for your child
• Prepare for and navigate medical appointments
• Create effective plans to respond to allergy emergencies
• Manage the social impacts of food allergies when you're out of the house
• Navigate insurance and health care costs
• Understand the differences between food allergies, food intolerances, and other adverse reactions to foods

This guide offers clear strategies for tackling the medical, logistical, emotional, and financial realities of parenting your child with food allergies. You'll find helpful visuals, planning tools, and checklists designed for real families managing real challenges. Throughout the book, Dr. Hoyt emphasizes preparation over panic, teamwork over guesswork, and informed decision-making over misinformation.

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Navigating Food Allergies: A Parent's Guide to Care, Coverage, and Confidence

Navigating Food Allergies: A Parent's Guide to Care, Coverage, and Confidence

by Alice Hoyt
Navigating Food Allergies: A Parent's Guide to Care, Coverage, and Confidence

Navigating Food Allergies: A Parent's Guide to Care, Coverage, and Confidence

by Alice Hoyt

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The practical guide to managing your child's food allergy challenges.

When your child has a food allergy, every season of life brings new challenges. Navigating Food Allergies is the trusted, practical resource for parents seeking clarity, confidence, and control in a world that too often feels uncertain. Allergist Alice Hoyt, MD, offers a step-by-step guide through every stage of the food allergy journey, from health care encounters to everyday meals. From your child's first allergic reaction to the long-term planning that helps your child begin to handle their food allergies, Dr. Hoyt provides a framework for how you can comprehensively manage your child's life with food allergies.

Dr. Hoyt empowers you to:
• Understand food allergy tests, diagnoses, and treatments
• Create the right care team for your child
• Prepare for and navigate medical appointments
• Create effective plans to respond to allergy emergencies
• Manage the social impacts of food allergies when you're out of the house
• Navigate insurance and health care costs
• Understand the differences between food allergies, food intolerances, and other adverse reactions to foods

This guide offers clear strategies for tackling the medical, logistical, emotional, and financial realities of parenting your child with food allergies. You'll find helpful visuals, planning tools, and checklists designed for real families managing real challenges. Throughout the book, Dr. Hoyt emphasizes preparation over panic, teamwork over guesswork, and informed decision-making over misinformation.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781421454115
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 04/21/2026
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 248

About the Author

Alice Hoyt, MD, a board-certified allergist and immunologist, internist, and pediatrician, is the chief allergist at the Hoyt Institute of Food Allergy. She is the host of the podcast Food Allergy and Your Kiddo and leads the food allergy-focused non-profit Code Ana.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Part I: Foundational Food Allergy Knowledge
1. Food Allergy Diagnoses
2. Food Allergy Testing
3. Food Allergy Treatments
Part II: Reaction-Related Healthcare Touchpoints
4. How to Advocate for Your Child in the Emergency Department During an Allergic Reaction
5. How to Navigate the Time Between a Reaction and Your Child's Allergist Appointment
Part III: Healthcare-Adjacent Food Allergy Management
6. The "Ideal" Food Allergy Journey—Your Road Map to Successful Experiences
7. Championing Food Allergy Anxiety
8. School-Focused Management of Food Allergies
9. Socializing Safely—Strategies to Navigate Dining Out and Other Social Events
Part IV: Healthcare Planning and Logistics
10. The People (and the Internet) Guiding Your Child's Care
11. The Business and Costs of Food Allergy-Related Healthcare
Closing Thoughts
Bibliography

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Through our work together with the Allison Rose Foundation, and as a first responder myself, I've seen Dr. Alice Hoyt's commitment to improving food allergy education and safety. I'm proud to support her efforts to empower families navigating food allergies with expertise and compassion.
—Michael Suhy, co-founder, Allison Rose Foundation

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