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Article: Gluten-free diet only way to battle celiac disease
- Article from:
- Daily Record, The Wooster, OH
- Article date:
- April 29, 2007
- Author:
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Individuals with celiac disease may demonstrate no symptoms.
Though symptoms may not be present, complications of celiac disease
still exist including malnutrition. Delayed diagnosis and treatment
increases the chances of developing malnutrition and other
complications.
Weight loss, delayed growth and anemia are signs of malnutrition.
Studies have demonstrated the length of time a person is breastfed,
and thus delaying the age an individual started eating gluten-
containing foods, as well as the amount of gluten-containing foods an
individual eats, are three factors thought to play a role in when and