Body composition and dietary intakes in adult celiac disease patients consuming a strict gluten-free diet

• Published in: The American journal of clinical nutrition Vol. 72; no. 4; pp. 937 - 939
• Main Authors: BARDELLA, Maria Teresa, FREDELLA, Clara, PRAMPOLINI, Luigia, MOLTENI, Nicoletta, GIUNTA, Anna Maria, BIANCHI, Paolo A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bethesda, MD American Society for Clinical Nutrition 01.10.2000; American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc
• Subjects: Absorptiometry, Photon; Adolescent; Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Body Composition - physiology; Body Height; Body Mass Index; Body Weight; Bone Density; Celiac Disease - diet therapy; Celiac Disease - metabolism; Diet; Disease; Energy Intake; Female; Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen; Glutens - adverse effects; Humans; Large intestine; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Nutrition; Nutritional Status; Other diseases. Semiology; Small intestine; Statistics, Nonparametric; Stomach. Duodenum. Small intestine. Colon. Rectum. Anus; Surveys and Questionnaires; Human; Immunopathology; Feeding behavior; Deficient diet; Anthropometry; Nutrition disorder; Corporal biometry; Coeliac disease; Body composition; Feeding; Prevention; Intestinal malabsorption; Food intake; Plant origin; Digestive diseases; Intestinal disease; Adult; Malnutrition; Gluten; Nutritional status

Celiac disease responds to dietary gluten withdrawal, but data on the long-term effects of gluten-free diets are discordant. Our aim was to evaluate the nutritional status and body composition of adult celiac disease patients consuming a gluten-free diet who were in clinical, biochemical, and histol...