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ArticleJournal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition2025

Gluten-free oats and diet quality in children and youth with celiac disease.

Diana R Mager, Zhiqian Jiang, Samantha Rashke, Justine M Turner

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Article in Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Diana R MagerDepartment of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5558-8783
Zhiqian JiangDepartment of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Samantha RashkeDepartment of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Justine M TurnerDepartment of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Funding

Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation through the Women and Children's Health Research Institute (2023-2025)the Alberta Diabetes Institute (2022-2023)the Canadian Behavioral Interventions and Trials Network (2023-2024)
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Abstract

objectivesCeliac disease (CD) requires lifelong adherence to a strict gluten-free diet (GFD). The GFD is associated with higher intakes of fat, added sugars, and glycemic index (GI) and lower diet quality (DQ) in youth with CD. Gluten-free oats (GF-oats) are safe for CD youth, but few studies have studied the nutritional contribution of GF-oats consumption on DQ in children with CD. We hypothesized that youth with CD who consume GF-oats as part of their GFD will have higher DQ, micronutrient and fiber content, and lower GI than a GFD without GF-oats.

methodsA case-control analysis using age-sex matched controls was performed in youth (ages 3-18 years) with CD in a 1:2 (N = 16 GF-oats cases: N = 32 Oat-free cases) ratio to compare differences in macro- and micronutrient (Canadian nutrient file), GI (mixed-method approach), DQ (healthy-eating index) between case-controls using validated methodologies. Dietary adequacy was determined by comparisons to dietary reference intakes (DRI) and to gluten free food guide (GFFG) recommendations.

resultsGF-oats did not significantly improve DQ (68.5 ± 16 [cases] vs. 64.3 ± 13 [controls], macro- and micronutrient, fiber intake, or the percentage of children meeting DRIs (p > 0.05). Children consuming GF-oats had lower dietary GI than children not consuming GF-oats (50.6 ± 2.4 [+GF-oats] vs. 56.1 ± 7.4 [-GF-oats]; p = 0.05). No differences in DQ occurred (±GF-oats) when following GFFG recommendations.

conclusionsGF-oats are not a major determining factor of overall DQ in CD youth. Regardless of the oats in the GFD, following the pediatric GFFG was more important to DQ.

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AvenaCeliac DiseaseDiet, Gluten-FreeAdolescentCase-Control StudiesChildChild, PreschoolDietary FiberFemaleGlycemic IndexHumansMaleMicronutrientsDietary FiberMicronutrientsaveningluten‐free dietnutritional quality

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PMID40686226
PMCPMC12484711

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