Getting the Most from your Gluten-Free Diet: Adaptations, Budgeting and Access for All 

Recorded May 30, 2024
Lauren Fiechtner, MD, MPh, Director of Nutrition, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Mass General for Children; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; and Senior Health and Research Advisor, Greater Boston Food Bank, discussed the increased risk of food insecurity and its clinical presentation in children and adolescents on special diets, such as celiac disease, and highlight current work being done to improve access to food assistance programs. Soran R. Bozorg, MD, who is pursuing a PhD in Epidemiology and Health Economics at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, discussed the effects of the high cost of the gluten-free diet and the general economic burden to individuals with celiac disease and societies worldwide. Carla Carter, OTR/L, Director of Outreach and Programming with the National Celiac Association, addressed fighting hunger in the nationwide gluten-free population and how individuals can cleverly adapt to a gluten-free diet in cost-effective ways, touching on food access, shopping, storing and preparing gluten-free food.
Chris Rich, Executive Director of the @NationalCeliacAssociation, introduced the webinar, which was moderated by Vanessa Weisbrod, Chief Education and Community Engagement Officer for the Celiac Disease Foundation. A Q&A session followed the presentations.