Prevalence of eating disorders in patients with celiac disease: a comparative study with healthy individuals.

Introduction: Celiac disease is a chronic immune-mediated disease, which is triggered and maintained by gluten in genetically susceptible individuals. Eating disorders are a persistent disturbance in eating-related behavior that results in altered food consumption or absorption and that significantly impairs physical health or psychosocial functioning.

Objective: This study aimed at evaluating the prevalence of eating disorders in Brazilian celiac patients.