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标题：Assessing the Prevalence of Food Insecurity among Children with Celiac Disease: A Cross-sectional Study
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作者：Farzaneh Khalifeh ; Maryam Sadat Riasatian ; Maryam Ekramzadeh 等
期刊名称：Journal of Food Security
印刷版ISSN：2372-0115
电子版ISSN：2372-0107
出版年度：2019
卷号：7
期号：6
页码：192-195
DOI：10.12691/jfs-7-6-1
出版社：Science and Education Publishing
摘要：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.
关键词：celiac disease; food security; Malabsorption Syndromes; Gluten-Free Diet