Is compliance with gluten-free diet sufficient? Diet composition of celiac patients

This study was planned to investigate the amount and content of foods consumed by child patients with celiac disease on a long-term gluten-free diet. Children aged 3-18 years who were diagnosed with celiac disease according to ESPGHAN criteria and were compliant to the gluten-free diet for at...

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Main Authors: Necati Balamtekin, Figen Gürakan, Hasan Özen, İnci Nur Saltık-Temizel, Gülden Köksal, Hülya Demir, Nuray Uslu, Gökhan Baysoy, Çiğdem Aksoy, Aysel Yüce
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Language:English
Published: Hacettepe University Institute of Child Health 2015-08-01
Series:The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
Online Access:https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/1253
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Summary:This study was planned to investigate the amount and content of foods consumed by child patients with celiac disease on a long-term gluten-free diet. Children aged 3-18 years who were diagnosed with celiac disease according to ESPGHAN criteria and were compliant to the gluten-free diet for at least one year were included. Age and gender matched healthy children were included as the control group. Food consumption records including the amount and content of the foods consumed for a total of three days were obtained. Once the records had been completed on the food consumption form, quantity analysis was again performed by the same dietician. Energy and other nutritional elements taken in through foodstuffs consumed by the patient and control groups were calculated using the Nutrition Data System for Research Package; these results were shown as mean ± standard deviation (x ±SD) and the values compared. The study consisted of 28 patients with a mean age of 10.3 ± 4.6 and 25 healthy controls with a mean age of 9.5 ± 3.4. Average age at diagnosis in the patient group was 6.7 ± 4.3 and mean duration of gluten-free diet was 4.0 ± 3.3 years. Children with celiac disease on a gluten-free diet had significantly lower daily energy intake levels compared to the healthy controls (p
ISSN:0041-4301
2791-6421