Does a diagnosis of Coeliac Disease affect food choice?

This month’s featured paper is from the Journal of Nutritional Science and is entitled 'What happens to food choices when a gluten-free diet is required? A prospective longitudinal population-based study among Swedish adolescent with coeliac disease and their peers.' The results of a serologic blood sample test can lead a study subject to change their diet. That was true for some of the 12-13 years old adolescents who participated in a large coeliac screening study (‘Exploring The Iceberg of Celiacs in Sweden’ , 2005-2006) and who were diagnosed with coeliac disease (CD) during the study period. We studied how a diagnosis of CD affected food intake by performing a food survey using a  food frequency questionnaire (FFQ). Food intake was measured at baseline before the adolescents were diagnosed and in a follow-up study 12-18 months later, after diagnosis and prescription with a gluten-free diet. Given the importance of the adolescents getting older during the study, we were also interested in their food intake compared with the same-aged adolescents with symptom-detected CD in early age and non-coeliac control groups.     The results showed that the screening-detected adolescents reported a reduced intake of many flour-based foods such as pizza, fish fingers and pastries. The results also indicated that the reported bread intake was lower in the screening-diagnosed group, even before they received their diagnosis, as compared to the other study groups. Apart from the ...
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