What Does a Person with Celiac Disease Look Like?

What Does a Person with Celiac Disease Look Like? Have you wondered if we are of specific descent, gender, age? Read on to learn more…

For Celiac Awareness Month, I’m writing a mini post each day related to life with Celiac disease. Today’s topic is what does a person with Celiac disease look like? 

Many picture a person with Celiac disease being underweight, short, pale, a child with a distended abdomen, a white woman. While those attributes can be true, a person with Celiac disease can also be overweight, tall, of any skin tone or race, any age and gender. Any body can be a body with Celiac disease. We don’t look any certain way and don’t come from any specific geographic region. 

• Men are as likely as women to have Celiac disease.
• Celiac disease is one of the most common hereditary disorders worldwide.
• Children and adults of all ages can be diagnosed with Celiac disease.

Additional reading on this topic: 

In U.S., Celiac Disease Diagnosis Is Most Common Among Patients with Punjabi Ancestry, American Gastroenterological Association. 

Celiac Disease Facts and Figures, The University of Chicago Medicine Celiac Disease Center.

Celiac Disease: Who Is At Risk?, Beyond Celiac 

Thanks for reading along during my Celiac Awareness Month series.