Acknowledgements

We would like to thank our colleagues who made a significant contribution to the project, particularly Jenny Irwin, Kerry Daff, Nicole Chan and Sofia Reva at RSM.

We also thank our advisors for their valuable direction and guidance:

• Dr. Audrey DunnGalvin from University College Cork and Dr Alizon Draper from University of Westminster: Both experts in the field of FHS. They provided QA by reviewing the survey, overall methodology, and report to ensure that any information about FHS is as accurate and robust as possible
• Professor William Henley from Exeter Medical School: Professor Henley was involved in advising on the statistical methods used in this study. He also provided QA by reviewing the statistical methods used, the results generated as well as their presentation in this report

We would also like to thank the Food Standards Agency team for their support and guidance throughout the project, particularly Sofia Maartensz and Nicholas Daniel. We would also like to express our gratitude to the Food Standards Agency steering group:

• Dr Ciara Walsh from the Technological University Dublin: Ciara is a researcher in the area of FHS.  She sat on the project steering group and provided guidance for the study design, advice on the segmentation of results for analysis and the presentation of results
• Professor Andreia Costa Santos from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine: A health economist, Andreia sat on the project steering group and provided guidance for the study design, advice on statistical analysis methods and the presentation of results
• Zia Sadique from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine: Zia is a health economist who provided critique on the econometric approaches used
• Dr Eleonora Fichera from the University of Bath: Eleonora is also a health economist who provided guidance on the statistical methods and econometric approaches

We would also like to thank BMG Research for work on the non-FHS household survey dissemination in collaboration with RSM.

We would like to express our appreciation towards Allergy UK, the Anaphylaxis Campaign and Coeliac UK for distributing the FHS household surveys.

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