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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

Has celiac disease had a sharp increase in the last few decades, or is it like autism where it just wasn't diagnosed correctly? I don't remember seeing anything about celiacs or gluten free foods when I was a kid in the 90's

It's both:

“In part, the incidence of celiac disease has risen because of improved awareness of the disease and more accurate and less invasive diagnostic testing, for example blood testing,” said study author Gilaad Kaplan, MD, scientific director of Digestive Health Strategic Clinical Network, Alberta Health Services.


But incidence studies are a way of showing that increases are a real phenomenon, according to Liu. “They can provide the validation that it is not just a fad or simply something due to more [celiac disease] testing,” he said.

https://www.beyondceliac.org/researc...is-increasing/