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Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences Advance Access published online on June 24, 2009
Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, doi:10.1093/jhmas/jrp018
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The Rise and Fall of Celiac Disease in the United States

Emily K. Abel*

Correspondence: * University of California – Los Angeles, School of Public Health, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90095-1772. Email: eabel{at}ucla.edu


  Abstract

Because celiac disease is greatly under-diagnosed in the United States, a common assumption is that U.S. doctors and researchers always have considered the condition extremely rare. However, the disorder captured widespread medical attention at the beginning of the twentieth century. Luther Emmett Holt, a leading pediatrician, encouraged three other doctors to investigate the condition. Two helped to associate celiac disease with elite medical institutions. The third linked it to the marketing efforts of the United Fruit Company. Interest in celiac declined after 1965, partly as a result of the decreased concern with nutrition and nutritional disorders.

Key Words: celiac disease • Luther Emmett Holt • pediatrics • gastrointestinal disease • United Fruit Company • bananas


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