<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> There's an excellent book on celiac disease that both discusses the effect of celiac disease on weight (40% no effect, 40% underweight, 20% overweight, if I remember correctly) and gives an excellent overview of symptoms. I was overweight when I got my diagnosis, and reading it made me feel a whole lot more "normal". It's: W. T. Cooke & G. K. T. Holmes, *Coeliac Disease*, Edinburgh & NY: Churchill Livingstone, 1984. Any good medical libraries (e.g., one serving a university medical school) ought to have it, and it seemed to me to be quite clearly written. I'd recommend it to anyone interested in the weight question--or just about any other allegedly atypical symptom. Sydney Pierce Seattle, WA [log in to unmask]