Posted by Gav on October 1st, 2005
One of the signs of undiagnosed coeliac disease in children is lower than normal height-for-age and weight-for-age. A recent study of 50 children with late diagnosed coeliac disease looked at and recorded their height and weight at diagnosis. The children were followed for four years to assess their catch-up growth. The results illustrated that following diagnosis the children showed significant growth, but it was not complete in all the children; half of them remained small for their age. Whilst this study seems to show that the gluten-free diet doesn’t always lead to a full catch up in growth in late diagnosed coeliac disease, early diagnosis may help to ensure that children show sufficient catch-up growth.
British Journal of Nutrition. 94(3): 437-42, 2005
I wonder if they followed growth to the age when growth stops. The reason I say this is that I was short from diagnosis (18 months) until just after puberty when I caught back up. The doctors have a graph showing age/height and they plotted my height on it from birth. Following diagnosis I had dropped from the line I had started on to the next ‘octave’ down. By the time I had stopped growing, however, I had rejoined the line I started on as a baby.
Posted by Gav on October 1st, 2005
I attended a Conservative coffee morning in Buckingham this morning. These coffee mornings are held on the first Saturday of each month to raise funds for the party.
It is not usual for people of my age to attend/enjoy this sort of thing, but I love talking to people and find it very enjoyable indeed. Talking with like-minded people is, I admit, easier than talking to political opponents, but there are always interesting and novel viewpoints and lots of conversation is on non-political matters.
I learnt that all the people I spoke to (scientific sample, you can tell) agreed with the idea of an English Parliament with no sell whatsoever. This sort of attitude would not have been found a few years ago and I think we can safely lay the blame for that at the door of the Scottish Nationalists and devolution. Of course, when I say “blame” I do not mean that negatively!
Posted by Gav on October 1st, 2005
I have to admit I’m not entirely sure I know why, but the following is at Gareth’s suggestion:
- A: Ale
- B: Bloke
- C: Cynics
- D: Developed
- E: Enthusiastic
- F: Forest
- G: Gardens
- H: Hills
- I: Islands
- J: Jovial and (is that against the rules) Just (people)
- K: Kingdom
- L: London Cabs (LTI)
- M: Mastery of the seas
- N: Nelson
- O: Occupiers (Sorry Iraq got into my thoughts then)
- P: Palace (Buckingham mostly)
- Q: Quaint
- R: Roman roads
- S:
Structures (I’m thinking of great buildings like the gherkin)
Thought of a better one: Stilton
- T: Tolerant
- U: Umbrella (with a Bowler hat)
- V: Valour
- W: Wensleydale cheese
- X: I defer to Stuart for thinking of something
- Y: Yogurt
- Z: ZE - the world’s best post code - nothing like ‘The Shetland islands’ is it!
Reading back through the list this is probably a little revealing. Any budding (or professional) psychiatrists out there, only tell me privately if this means I’m mad please!
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