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Food allergy is an unpredictable and potentially life-threatening condition that can evoke feelings of anxiety and stress in both the food-allergic person and their caregivers. It has been suggested previously that mothers of children with food allergy may have increased levels of anxiety and stress. In this study by Lau et al. (1) three groups of mothers attending a single hospital pediatric outpatient department with their child were assessed – mothers with a food-allergic child, mothers with an asthmatic )but not food-allergic) child, and mothers of children with no long term health condition. The study not only confirms previous findings that mothers of children with food allergy feel more anxious and stressed than other mothers, but also identifies poorly controlled asthma and previous anaphylaxis as risk factors for increased maternal anxiety and stress. This suggests that the experience of witnessing breathlessness in one’s child may be a key contributor to maternal anxiety and stress in the setting of allergic disease. The authors did not find any difference between groups in measures of child anxiety and adjustment, suggesting that the psychological burden of childhood food allergy falls largely on mothers rather than their children. Maternal psychological distress may be an important parameter to assess in studies of childhood food allergy, and reducing such distress may be an important treatment target for future food allergy intervention trials.