The importance of nutritional education in the care of pediatric patients with newly diagnosed inflammatory bowel disease

Introduction Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of immune-mediated diseases. The exact aetiology of IBD is currently unknown. It is a multifactorial disease, the development of which is likely due to a combination of genetic factors, abnormal immune response, environmental factors and, last but not least, the composition of the intestinal microbiome (Gabalec, 2009). The means currently available to us do not allow us to completely cure patients with IBD, but only to control their inflammatory activity with a constantly present risk of difficult-to-predict relapses (Dujsíková, 2018). The increasing incidence, the impact on the psychosocial component of patients' lives and economic demands emphasize the constant need to expand evidence regarding both the prevention and treatment of IBD (Singh, 2022). Given the chronic nature of the disease, it can be assumed that the patient's nutritional status and sufficient energy intake, reflected in the level of albumin or the amount of iron, can have a significant impact on the ability to respond to the administered therapy and achieve remission of the disease. Objective The objective of this master's thesis is to monitor whether professional education at the beginning of the disease, i.e. knowledge of foods that are suitable, less suitable or...