Pediatric Nutrition & Health and Food Science
Teresa Capriati (1), Ruggiero Francavilla (2), Maria Sole Basso (1), Francesca Ferretti (3), Monica Ancinelli (1), Antonella Diamanti (1)
1Unità di Gastroenterologia, epatologia e nutrizione, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù di Roma2Unità di Gastroenterologia, Clinica pediatrica, Università di Bari3Unità Malattie epato-metaboliche, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù di Roma
Over the two past decades there was an increased evidence of obesity/ overweight at celiac disease onset and in celiac patients who strictly comply with the gluten-free diet. We reviewed the main pediatric cohort study about this topic to focuse attention on the pathogenesis and on clinical implications of co-existence, still unclear, between this two apparently conflicting conditions.