Folate content of gluten-free food purchases and dietary intake are low in children with coeliac disease
Samantha Cyrkot, Sven Anders, Chelsea Kamprath, Amanda Liu, Heather Mileski, Jenna Dowhaniuk, Roseann Nasser, Margaret Marcon, Herbert Brill, Justine Turner, Diana R. Mager
Abstract
= 73) purchased >17,000 food items. Median child age was 10.5 y (IQR: 8.4-14.1). GF folate-rich foods represented <15% of all household food purchases and 69% of children had low folate intakes. Folate-rich foods consumed included legumes/GF-breakfast cereals. These represented 5% of GF-food purchases/intake. Few were fortified with folate. Findings highlight the need for mandated GF folate food fortification policy.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineSick childCoeliac diseaseFamily medicineHealth scienceGerontologyPediatric gastroenterologyNutritional scienceGluten freeHepatologyPediatricsInternal medicineDiseaseFood scienceMedical educationChemistryCeliac Disease Research and ManagementMicroscopic ColitisEosinophilic Esophagitis