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Celiac And Obesity, Suad Alfuraih
Celiac And Obesity, Suad Alfuraih
Suad Fahad AlFuraih
Celiac disease and Obesity:
Diagnosed and Untreated CD.
According to the Global Burden of Disease Study published in The Lancet medical journal, Kuwait was considered to be the forth country in obesity, where 50% of women are overweight, and Nearly 70% of Kuwaiti males over 15, are overweight or obese.
Lifestyle plays a role in this situation, also some diseases like celiac disease, and other digestive problems.
Some studies showed that obesity and overweight celiac diagnosis is largely an adult phenomenon, and also can be in children.