Gastroenterologist Peter H.R. Green, M.D., and medical writer Rory Jones take a comprehensive look at celiac disease, which affects nearly one percent of the U.S. population.

Gluten sensitivities can fly under the radar, with celiac disease commonly going undiagnosed for years or even decades.

For those with celiac disease, consuming gluten causes inflammation that damages the small intestine over time, resulting in difficulty absorbing nutrients and other medical issues.

With over 25 years of specializing in celiac disease, Peter H.R. Green, M.D., is the director of the Celiac Disease Center and a professor of medicine at Columbia University.

Green is also an attending physician at Columbia University Medical Center. His co-author, medical writer Rory Jones, was diagnosed with celiac disease in 1998.

In this book, Green and Jones explore what makes celiac disease a 'hidden epidemic.'