1The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
2Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Unit, Meyer Children's Hospital of Haifa, Rambam Medical Center, B. Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
3AESKU.KIPP Institute, Wendelsheim, Germany
4B. Rappaport School of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
International Journal of Celiac Disease.
2017,
Vol. 5 No. 1, 19-23
DOI: 10.12691/ijcd-5-1-7
Copyright © 2017 Science and Education PublishingCite this paper: Olga Eliyah Livshits, Ron Shauol, Ram Reifen, Torsten Matthias, Aaron Lerner. Can Celiac Disease Present Along With Childhood Obesity?.
International Journal of Celiac Disease. 2017; 5(1):19-23. doi: 10.12691/ijcd-5-1-7.
Correspondence to: Aaron Lerner, AESKU.KIPP Institute, Wendelsheim, Germany. Email:
aaronlerner1948@gmail.comAbstract
Celiac disease is an autoimmune, gluten-induced enteropathy with a prevalence of 1-1.5% in Western populations. It may present with classical gastrointestinal symptoms, non-gastrointestinal symptoms or as an asymptomatic disease. Cases of childhood obesity in gluten sensitive enteropathy have been recently reported. The study aimed to retrospectively evaluate the rate of overweight and obesity prevalence in a large sample of celiac children in comparison to non-celiac group, and to investigate the weight dynamics following gluten-free diet. Among 390 patients, 68 (17.4%) (29 boys) were overweight or obese at diagnosis. Gluten-free diet did not shown a beneficial effect on weight. The study demonstrates comparable rates of overweight and obesity in celiac versus non-celiac population.
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