Assessment of dietary compliance in celiac children using a standardized dietary interview.

Background & Aims: Compliance to a gluten free diet (GFD) in celiac disease (CD) is ideally assessed by dietary interviews, albeit time-consuming. Short dietary questionnaires have been developed for adults but not for children. Primary aim was to compare GFD compliance in celiac children, measured by a short dietary questionnaire against a dietary interview.

Food questionnaire for the assessment of gluten intake by children 1 to 4 years old.

Objectives: A food questionnaire (FQ) to assess gluten intake in infants 0 to 12 months old has been developed and validated (FQ-gluten), but an instrument to assess gluten intake in children 1 to 4 years is not available. Development and validation of such an instrument (FQ-gluten4) was the aim of the present study.

Methods: The FQ-gluten was adapted according to age-related food consumption.

Dietary compliance and health-related quality of life in patients with coeliac disease.

Background And Objective: Coeliac disease is treated with a lifelong gluten-free diet (GFD). The aim of our study was to investigate whether the dietary (nondietary) compliance is associated with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of coeliac patients.

Methods: Patients from our hospital, known with coeliac disease for more than 10 years, were invited to participate in a study on possible gluten tolerance.

Gluten tolerance in adult patients with celiac disease 20 years after diagnosis?

Background And Objective: Celiac disease (CD) is believed to be a permanent intolerance to gluten. A number of patients, however, discontinue the gluten-free diet (GFD) without developing symptoms or signs. The aim of our study was to investigate whether CD patients are capable of developing tolerance to gluten.

Food questionnaire for assessment of infant gluten consumption.

Background: In light of the possibly preventive role of timing and amount of gluten in celiac disease, it would be helpful to have a questionnaire to assess the gluten intake in infants.

Aims: Development and validation of a food questionnaire to assess gluten consumption in healthy infants aged 0-12 months (FQ-gluten).

Methods: A food frequency questionnaire, previously developed for the Generation R study, was adapted for the assessment of gluten intake.

Nutritional management of the gluten-free diet in young people with celiac disease in The Netherlands.

Background: For young people with celiac disease, adherence to the gluten-free diet may be difficult to achieve and gluten restriction may lead to insufficient nutrient intake and unbalanced food intake resulting in overweight. In The Netherlands, no nutritional information is available. Therefore, we evaluated the nutritional management and nutritional state in young celiac patients.