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Assessing the Prevalence of Food Insecurity among Children with Celiac Disease: A Cross-sectional Study

1Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

2Nutrition Research Center, Department of Clinical Nutrition, School of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

3Department of Gastroenterology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran


Journal of Food Security. 2019, Vol. 7 No. 6, 192-195
DOI: 10.12691/jfs-7-6-1
Copyright © 2019 Science and Education Publishing

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Farzaneh Khalifeh, Maryam Sadat Riasatian, Maryam Ekramzadeh, Naser Honar, Mohammad Jalali. Assessing the Prevalence of Food Insecurity among Children with Celiac Disease: A Cross-sectional Study. Journal of Food Security. 2019; 7(6):192-195. doi: 10.12691/jfs-7-6-1.

Correspondence to: Maryam  Ekramzadeh, Nutrition Research Center, Department of Clinical Nutrition, School of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Email: mekramzade@gmail.com

Abstract

Celiac disease (CD) is a chronic immune-mediated enteropathy caused by dietary gluten. The present study aimed to investigate FI in children and adolescents suffering from CD. In this cross-sectional study, a total of 62 known cases of CD (both males and females) were interviewed for assessing FI through a food insecurity questionnaire. Anthropometric indices were also measured. The data are reported as Mean ± standard deviation [SD]. Sixty-two patients, 36 females (58.1%) and 26 (41.9%) males, were surveyed. The age of the participants was 11.04 ±3.8 years. The mean of weight (kg) and height (cm) was 34.69± 17.96 and 139.06 ± 0.22, respectively. The mean FI score was 3.4 ± 2.25 which means insecurity without starvation (mild FI). The results showed that 30.6% of patients were food secure, 35.5% were insecure without starvation, 24.2% insecure with mild starvation, and 9.7% insecure with intense starvation (severe insecurity). The overall prevalence of FI was 69.4% among children. Proposed strategies are needed to improve compliance with gluten-free diet. Also producing especial cheaper products with food labeling and better education about the diet would decrease the risk of FI in this population.

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