Obesity and coeliac disease: possible effects of the gluten-free diet

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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.

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