Despite these advances, significant deficits in providing high-quality pediatric IBD care persist.

Conclusions: Results suggest that the experience of pain in pediatric IBD is biopsychosocially determined.

Aims: We, therefore, investigated the incidence trends and clinical characteristics of pediatric IBD in Korea.

Fiber intakes in pediatric IBD patients are suboptimal and often lower than in children without IBD.

Conclusion: This study showed that the incidence of pediatric IBD has been rapidly increasing in Korea in recent years.

To date, no studies have been conducted to evaluate the therapeutic potential of fiber and prebiotics in pediatric IBD patients.

Materials and methods: A retrospective analysis of the pediatric IBD clinic database (2007-2010) was performed.