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A surge of students with allergies and special diets is challenging meal services and changing the shape of the campus cafeteria.

The number of young people with food allergies has been surging in the past few decades. This fall, many of them are heading to college. Living with a food allergy at home is challenging under the best of circumstances. But college students say navigating food allergies on campus is particularly fraught.Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post. Nearly a dozen current and recent college students with food allergies shared storie