Leila Yasmín Garipe, Bárbara Bravo, Mariana Fernández, Mariana García, Andrea Petrosini, María Mercedes Soriano, Gastón Perman, Diego Hernán Giunta
{"title":"Evaluación de la oferta de alimentos libres de\u0000gluten en locales de comida elaborada en la Ciudad\u0000Autónoma de Buenos Aires.","authors":"Leila Yasmín Garipe, Bárbara Bravo, Mariana Fernández, Mariana García, Andrea Petrosini, María Mercedes Soriano, Gastón Perman, Diego Hernán Giunta","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Celiac disease is an autoimmune enteropathy. The only\u0000known treatment consists of a permanent adherence to a strict\u0000gluten-free diet, which represents an important challenge for\u0000patients. Objective. To describe the gluten-free processed\u0000food offer in food locals from 3 neighborhoods representative\u0000of high, middle and low economic status in Buenos Aires,\u0000Argentina.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Cross-sectional study. Specially trained\u0000monitors performed a standardized direct assessment of\u0000food locals. Whenever direct observation was not possible,\u0000we interviewed the personnel as an indirect assessment. We\u0000classified dish offer in different categories, and evaluated the\u0000processes of food elaboration, storage and distribution.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We included 112 food locals. Results for neighborhoods\u0000representative of high, middle and low economic status were,\u0000respectively: no gluten free dish available in 27.5% (45/62),\u000027.0% (27/37) and 30.8% (9/13), (p = 0.96); adequate\u0000elaboration in 17.7%, 13.5% and 7.7%, (p = 0.61); appropriate food storage in 12.9% (8), 13.5% (5) and 7.7%\u0000(1); (p = 0.85); adequate distribution in 8.1%, 8.1% and\u00000% (0), (p = 0.56). Conclusion. In 1 out of 4 food locals\u0000there was not even one gluten free dish. In addition, there\u0000was a lack of compliance with safety measures to avoid gluten\u0000cross-contamination.</p>","PeriodicalId":35700,"journal":{"name":"Acta Gastroenterologica Latinoamericana","volume":"45 3","pages":"190-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35067503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}