Food Allergies Games & Tweets

5/20/2016:  Video Games for Food Allergic Children

A Rhode Island based children's research center and a software development company are teaming up to create a video game that helps children understand and handle their food allergies.  [1] By placing the child in a virtual situation, the child can decide how to handle it.  Perhaps their grandmother is pressuring them to eat those cookies she baked.  How can a child make sure they are safe without hurting grandma's feelings?  The game is called, "Food Allergy Adventure" and also helps children read food labels. [2]

[1] http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-05-center-video-game-tool-food.html

[2] http://www.virtuallybetter.com/portfolio/food-allergy/

5/31/2016:  Twitter Has #Anaphylaxis

Social media giant Twitter's micro blog has a place for those with food allergies.  Type #Analyphlaxis in the search bar and follow the snippits posted.  [3]

[3] https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Anaphylaxis&src=typd