TY - JOUR T1 - Lucina JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 986 LP - 986 VL - 89 IS - 10 A2 - , Y1 - 2004/10/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/89/10/986.abstract N2 - There has remained some uncertainty about whether oats are toxic to people with coeliac disease. In Sweden (Gut2004;53:649–54OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text) 116 children with coeliac disease were randomised to a standard gluten free diet without oats or a gluten free diet with added oats. Median daily intake of oats in the added-oats group was 15 g. All children remained symptom free at 12 months and there were no differences between the groups in coeliac serology markers or jejunal biopsy findings. The addition of oats to a gluten free diet did not prevent healing in these children. Researchers in India now refer to “nutritional transition” with obesity increasingly causing concern especially in urban areas. In a cohort study in Delhi (New England Journal of Medicine2004;350:865–75OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science) impaired glucose tolerance or diabetes affected 8% of 26 to 27-year olds and 18% of 31 to 32-year olds. People who developed impaired glucose tolerance or diabetes had had a higher body mass index (BMI) as young adults but had been typically thin up to the age of 2 years. Their relative BMI (BMI SD score) had increased throughout the rest of childhood though only 3% had been overweight and none obese at the age of 12 years. The age at lowest BMI (“adiposity rebound”) was slightly but significantly less (6.3 vs 6.7 years) in those who developed impaired glucose tolerance or diabetes. Can viruses be good for … ER -