“…There have also been some explorations of epidemiology, the hygiene hypothesis and the rise in allergy attributed to changes in food production, 36–41 as well as the potential protective role of food taboos on human health 42 . Since the early 2000s, research in socio‐cultural anthropology and sociology on food allergy has primarily explored experiences of risk and stigma, 13,43–62 aspects of morality related to management, illness and parenting behaviour, 51,59,60,63–71 explorations of gender, 38,65,70 social class and income, 45,55,65,69 disability and justice, 51,54,72 race and ethnicity, 51,65 interactions with the physical and material environment, 38–40,43,44,46,47,57,73–75 sensory, affective and embodied aspects of food allergy experience, 47,74,76 food allergy as a governing project 77,78 and issues of ethics in food allergy treatments 64,79,80 . This review focuses primarily on the socio‐cultural anthropological and sociological research (Figure 2), with some final comments about clinical implications and what an anthropological perspective on food allergies can bring to the table for researchers and clinicians.…”