Dietary Beliefs, Food Avoidance and Meal Skipping in Australian Children With Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Dietary modification post diagnosis is prevalent among Australian paediatric IBD patients. Meal skipping is independently associated with active disease and self-directed food avoidance; females report higher rates of food avoidance and symptoms exacerbation with foods. These findings highlight the need for proactive, consistent dietary counselling and underscore the importance of further multicentre studies to corroborate these findings.