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- Title
Obesity and coeliac disease: possible effects of the gluten-free diet.
- Authors
Whitehead, Christine
- Abstract
Contradictory evidence exists as to whether patients with coeliac disease have a higher rate of obesity than other patient groups. The potential for weight gain following diagnosis of coeliac disease and commencement of a gluten-free diet exists. Christine Whitehead discusses difficulties experienced by patients who have coeliac disease, with regard to cost, availability and prescription of gluten-free food and practical considerations of maintaining a social life. She examines the incidence of obesity while on a gluten-free diet. The anatomy and physiology of coeliac disease is also outlined.
- Subjects
AGE distribution; CELIAC disease; GLUTEN-free diet; OBESITY; WEIGHT gain; SYMPTOMS
- Publication
Gastrointestinal Nursing, 2013, Vol 11, Issue 3, p31
- ISSN
1479-5248
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12968/gasn.2013.11.3.31