Changing infant feeding practices and declining incidence of coeliac disease in West Somerset
Somerset Children's Research Unit, Taunton and
Somerset Hospital, Musgrove Park, Taunton, Somerset TA1 5DA
Correspondence to: Dr Challacombe.
Accepted 30 May
1997
An association was investigated between changing infant feeding
practices and a declining incidence of childhood coeliac disease and
transient gluten intolerance (TGI) in West Somerset, England during
1971-92. Dietary histories of 18 patients with coeliac disease were
compared with 23 controls during 1971-80 and eight patients with
coeliac disease and 39 controls during 1981-92. Our findings showed
that the declining incidence of coeliac disease and TGI were associated
with changing infant feeding practices, characterised by the later
introduction of dietary gluten, an increased use of baby rice and
gluten free foods for weaning, and an increased incidence of initial
breast feeding.
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