<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Today the New York Times website published a series of articles on celiac disease in it’s *Times Health Guide*, which featured NFCA Scientific/Medical Advisory Board Member Dr. Ritu Verma, director of the Celiac Disease Center at Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania. Dr. Verma highlights NFCA’s efforts to increase the number of gluten-free menus in restaurants through its Appetite for Awareness and Gluten-Free Resource Education Training (GREAT) programs. Also quoted by the NY Times was Dr. Charles Bongiorno, the chief of the division of gastroenterology and hepatology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Both Dr. Verma and Dr. Bongiorno participated in NFCA’s recent Appetite for Awareness event, held September 30th 2009 at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia. NFCA would like to thank the author of today’s Times Heath Guide celiac disease series, Carolyn Marie Sayre. To view today’s NY Times Online celiac disease feature visit: http://health.nytimes.com/ref/health/healthguide/esn-celiac-ess.html -- Whitney Ehret Director of Communications National Foundation for Celiac Awareness P.O. Box 544 Ambler, PA. 19002 (215) 325-1306 ext.103 Fax: 215-643-1707 [log in to unmask] www.celiaccentral.org The information above is not intended nor suited to be a replacement or substitute for professional medical treatment or for professional medical advice relative to a specific medical question or condition. The above information is not intended to establish a doctor/patient relationship with any physician. There is no replacement for personal medical treatment and advice from your personal physician. *Support summarization of posts, reply to the SENDER not the CELIAC List* Archives are at: Http://Listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?LIST=CELIAC