Like other autoimmune diseases, celiac disease occurs in more women than men. Women are diagnosed with celiac disease two to three times more often than men, 60% to 70% of those diagnosed with celiac disease are women¹. In this session, we are going to explore how this disease affects not just a woman’s diet, but her fertility and lifestyle too.

This course is for trainers who:

• Are currently training a woman with Celiac Disease
• Suspect Celiac disease in themselves, their family, or their clients
• Would like to understand the condition better
• Feel a bit out of their depth when training clients with autoimmune disease more generally

Learning Outcomes:

• Learn what exactly Celiac Disease is
• Learn how to advocate for your client living with Celiac Disease
• Understand what questions to ask in order to help your client gain a diagnosis
• Begin to grasp the interconnectedness of Celiac Disease with other health challenges, such as infertility and lactose intolerance
• Increase your awareness of the challenges people living with Celiac Disease might have with exercise