Background: celiac disease (CD) is an enteropathy triggered by the ingestion of foods
that contain gluten, and the recommended nutritional therapy is the complete removal of
gluten from the diet. Objective: To describe the prevalence of regular food consumption,
according to the life cycle and biological sex of celiac individuals. Methods: This is a
descriptive observational study of a case series with celiac individuals of both sexes and
different life cycles, carried out through an online food frequency questionnaire, in which
the foods were separated according to their degree. of processing. Results: 19 celiac
patients participated in the study, being 31.5% children, 26.3% adolescents and 42.1%
adults. The group with the highest percentages of relative frequency of regular
consumption in all life cycles was that of in natura/minimally processed foods, with
40.8% of regular consumption only by children. In processed foods, children also had the
highest percentage of relative frequency of regular consumption (8.3%). In contrast, ultra processed foods obtained the lowest percentages of relative frequency of regular
consumption in life cycles. Conclusion: this study detected a higher regular food
consumption of in natura/minimally processed foods in the diet, especially among celiac
children.
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