William F. Balistreri, MD: Hello. I am Dr Bill Balistreri, professor of pediatric medicine at the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children's Hospital. We are here today on Medscape via Skype to discuss the growing trend of gluten-free diets.
Let me first introduce my colleagues. Dr Alessio Fasano is the W. Allan Walker chair of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition in the Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, in Boston. Dr Ivor Hill is professor of clinical pediatrics in the Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology at The Ohio State University College of Medicine in Columbus.
The trend that we would like to discuss today relates to the popularity of gluten-free diets. Recent consumer surveys indicate that approximately 1 in 5 Americans have eliminated or reduced the amount of gluten ingested in their daily diet.[1] This estimate greatly exceeds the small subgroup, approximately 1 in 100, who have been diagnosed to truly have celiac disease.
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