A Population Survey of Dietary Attitudes towards Gluten
It is unclear how the prevalence of people who believe the gluten-free diet (GFD) to be generally healthy (“Lifestylers”) is impacting the overall rates of self-reported gluten sensitivity (GS). We repeated a population survey from 2012 in order to examine how attitudes towards G...
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| author | Iain D Croall Nick Trott Anupam Rej Imran Aziz David J O’Brien Harvey A George Mohammed Y Hossain Lauren J S Marks Jessica I Richardson Rebecca Rigby Marios Hadjivassiliou Nigel Hoggard David S Sanders |
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| description | It is unclear how the prevalence of people who believe the gluten-free diet (GFD) to be generally healthy (“Lifestylers”) is impacting the overall rates of self-reported gluten sensitivity (GS). We repeated a population survey from 2012 in order to examine how attitudes towards GS have changed over time. Our survey (<i>N</i> = 1004) was administered in Sheffield (UK) in 2015, replicating the 2012 experiment. The questionnaire included a food frequency survey and assessed self-reported GS as well as associated variables (prevalence, current diet, pre-existing conditions, etc.). The overall rates of key variables and chi-squared analysis in comparison to the previous survey were as follows: self-reported GS was 32.8% (previously 12.9%, <i>p</i> < 0.001), pre-existing coeliac disease (CD) was 1.2% (previously 0.8%, <i>p</i> = 0.370), following a GFD was 3.7% (previously 3.7%, <i>p</i> = 0.997). Self-reported GS was positively associated with some pre-existing conditions, including anxiety, depression, chronic fatigue, headaches, and other food allergies/intolerances (including irritable bowel syndrome (IBS); chi-squared analyses, all <i>p</i> < 0.001). Over a 3-year period, the fraction of people who self-reported GS increased by over 250%. Despite this, arguably more meaningful indications of underlying physiological GS remained comparable. This research suggests that the public perception of gluten is causing a marked increase in the number of people who erroneously believe they are sensitive to it. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dc9daa541347412faad8a66868a8c0612022-12-22T03:04:27ZengMDPI AGNutrients2072-66432019-06-01116127610.3390/nu11061276nu11061276A Population Survey of Dietary Attitudes towards GlutenIain D Croall0Nick Trott1Anupam Rej2Imran Aziz3David J O’Brien4Harvey A George5Mohammed Y Hossain6Lauren J S Marks7Jessica I Richardson8Rebecca Rigby9Marios Hadjivassiliou10Nigel Hoggard11David S Sanders12University of Sheffield, Academic Unit of Radiology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield S10 2JF, UKAcademic Unit of Gastroenterology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield S10 2JF, UKAcademic Unit of Gastroenterology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield S10 2JF, UKAcademic Unit of Gastroenterology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield S10 2JF, UKAcademic Unit of Gastroenterology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield S10 2JF, UKAcademic Unit of Gastroenterology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield S10 2JF, UKAcademic Unit of Gastroenterology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield S10 2JF, UKAcademic Unit of Gastroenterology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield S10 2JF, UKAcademic Unit of Gastroenterology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield S10 2JF, UKAcademic Unit of Gastroenterology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield S10 2JF, UKDepartment of Neurology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, S10 2JF, UKUniversity of Sheffield, Academic Unit of Radiology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield S10 2JF, UKAcademic Unit of Gastroenterology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield S10 2JF, UKIt is unclear how the prevalence of people who believe the gluten-free diet (GFD) to be generally healthy (“Lifestylers”) is impacting the overall rates of self-reported gluten sensitivity (GS). We repeated a population survey from 2012 in order to examine how attitudes towards GS have changed over time. Our survey (<i>N</i> = 1004) was administered in Sheffield (UK) in 2015, replicating the 2012 experiment. The questionnaire included a food frequency survey and assessed self-reported GS as well as associated variables (prevalence, current diet, pre-existing conditions, etc.). The overall rates of key variables and chi-squared analysis in comparison to the previous survey were as follows: self-reported GS was 32.8% (previously 12.9%, <i>p</i> < 0.001), pre-existing coeliac disease (CD) was 1.2% (previously 0.8%, <i>p</i> = 0.370), following a GFD was 3.7% (previously 3.7%, <i>p</i> = 0.997). Self-reported GS was positively associated with some pre-existing conditions, including anxiety, depression, chronic fatigue, headaches, and other food allergies/intolerances (including irritable bowel syndrome (IBS); chi-squared analyses, all <i>p</i> < 0.001). Over a 3-year period, the fraction of people who self-reported GS increased by over 250%. Despite this, arguably more meaningful indications of underlying physiological GS remained comparable. This research suggests that the public perception of gluten is causing a marked increase in the number of people who erroneously believe they are sensitive to it.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/11/6/1276gluten sensitivitypopulation surveypeople who avoid glutenlifestylerscoeliac disease |
| spellingShingle | Iain D Croall Nick Trott Anupam Rej Imran Aziz David J O’Brien Harvey A George Mohammed Y Hossain Lauren J S Marks Jessica I Richardson Rebecca Rigby Marios Hadjivassiliou Nigel Hoggard David S Sanders A Population Survey of Dietary Attitudes towards Gluten Nutrients gluten sensitivity population survey people who avoid gluten lifestylers coeliac disease |
| title | A Population Survey of Dietary Attitudes towards Gluten |
| title_full | A Population Survey of Dietary Attitudes towards Gluten |
| title_fullStr | A Population Survey of Dietary Attitudes towards Gluten |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Population Survey of Dietary Attitudes towards Gluten |
| title_short | A Population Survey of Dietary Attitudes towards Gluten |
| title_sort | population survey of dietary attitudes towards gluten |
| topic | gluten sensitivity population survey people who avoid gluten lifestylers coeliac disease |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/11/6/1276 |
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