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Self-Reported Non-Celiac Wheat Sensitivity in High School Students: Demographic and Clinical Characteristics

2017

Background: Non-Celiac Wheat Sensitivity (NCWS) has recently been included among the gluten-related disorders. As no biomarkers of this disease exist, its frequency has been estimated based on self-reported symptoms, but to date no data are available about self-reported NCWS in teenagers. Aim: To explore the prevalence of self-reported NCWS in a group of high school students and to study their demographic and clinical characteristics. Methods: The study was performed between April 2015 and January 2016 in two high schools of a coastal town in the south of Sicily (Italy). A total of 555 students (mean age 17 years, 191 male, 364 female) completed a modified validated questionnaire for self-r…

0301 basic medicineMalePediatricsSettore MED/09 - Medicina InternaDiseaseWheat HypersensitivityEpidemiologyEstablished diagnosisSicilyTriticumNon-Celiac Wheat Sensitivityeducation.field_of_studyNutrition and DieteticsteenagersValidated questionnaireSelf-Reported; Non-Celiac Wheat Sensitivity; High School Students; Demographic Characteristics; Clinical Characteristicsself-reported non-celiac wheat sensitivity; non-celiac gluten-sensitivity; epidemiology; prevalence; teenagers; IBS; food allergyFemaleepidemiologyNon-celiac gluten sensitivitylcsh:Nutrition. Foods and food supplymedicine.medical_specialtyAdolescentGlutensPopulationprevalencelcsh:TX341-641Article03 medical and health sciencesDiet Gluten-FreeIBSmedicineHumanseducationStudentsDemographic CharacteristicHigh School Studentfood allergy030109 nutrition & dieteticsbusiness.industryMean agemedicine.diseaseCeliac DiseaseCase-Control StudiesSelf-ReportedSelf Reportbusinessnon-celiac gluten-sensitivityClinical CharacteristicsFood Scienceself-reported non-celiac wheat sensitivityNutrients; Volume 9; Issue 7; Pages: 771
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Demographic change, tourism expenditure and life cycle behavior

2015

Abstract The paper explores how demographic changes in human populations may impact on tourism decision-making of households over their life cycle. By means of hurdle models, the study focuses respectively on the decision to travel domestically or abroad and investigates if statistically significant differences exist as to the impact of age and cohort on the decision to travel and tourism expenditure. Using a vast dataset on Italian Household Expenditures over the period 1997–2007 the empirical results show that demographic aspects do have a strong effect on the tourism behaviour of families and that cohort and age effects act differently on the decision of households to make a trip and on …

Consumption (economics)Economic growthStrategy and ManagementDemographic characteristicTransportationDevelopmentHurdle modelTourism expenditure Demographic characteristics Life cycle model Hurdle models Cohort technique Domestic and international travelDomestic and international travelDemographic changeTourism Leisure and Hospitality ManagementSettore SECS-S/03 - Statistica EconomicaCohortEconomicsPopulation growthDemographic economicsCohort techniqueIncome elasticity of demandTourism expenditurehuman activitiesLife cycle modelTourism
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