Food allergy competencies of dietitians in the United Kingdom, Australia and United States of America

Table 2 Comparison of food allergy knowledge and competencies of dietitians based in the UK, Australia and USA

	High			Moderate			Low			Not at all
	Aus	USA	UK	Aus	USA	UK	Aus	USA	UK	Aus	USA	UK
Understand FA	25	57	23	45	41	53	18	2	17	8	0	5
Understand FI	43	59	22	45	39	54	10	2	18	1	0	4
Understand diagnosis of FA/FI	18	19	23	41	53	41	30	24	26	8	4	6
Recognise signs and symptoms of FA/FI	25	29	23	50	58	48	20	12	22	3	2	4
Develop Food Challenge protocols	13	8	8	35	35	25	35	38	32	13	19	23
Educate patients on avoidance	30	42	33	39	46	42	25	12	18	3	1	4
Develop elimination diet	18	14	21	23	40	25	22	31	12	18	15	10
Manage Multiple FA	17	28	21	17	49	23	26	20	13	19	3	12
Manage Feeding problems	13	17	9	19	39	25	26	33	19	23	10	13

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