Young adults

Managing your diet

When you are in shared accommodation or eating out with friends it can help if everyone understands the importance of you sticking to your diet. We have information on the gluten-freeWhen a food has less than 20 parts per million (ppm) of gluten so it is safe for people with coeliac disease to eat. diet and cross-contamination on our website. This is a useful place to refer people who do not know about the diet.

You can download our "Moving on" leaflet that gives information to help you in managing your diet.

Support from your doctor

If you are moving away from home, register with a new GPGeneral Practitioner, or local doctor as soon as possible to ensure you get food on prescription and your annual health check.

You can get information on prescriptions and entitlements in our Moving on leaflet and the prescriptions area of the website.

Food shopping

Our website has information on different tools to help you in choosing safe foods with support on reading labels.

Support Groups

Coeliac UK has a Facebook page and local groups where you can share experiences with other people with coeliac diseaseA condition where a person is unable to eat gluten as it makes their body attack itself. .

Coeliac Youth of Europe is the youth group of the Association of European Coeliac Societies. It runs summer camps for people to get together to have fun in a glutenA protein that is found in the cereals wheat, barley and rye. -free environment.

You can find out more about other people's experiences in our case studies section.