In the Russian Federation, there is a tendency to increase the incidence of a number of nosologies, the prevalence of chronic diseases and the deterioration of health among children and adolescents. Diseases of the digestive organs occupy a leading place in the structure of somatic pathology of childhood. According to the statistical data of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of North Ossetia - Alania (RNO - Alania), for seven years the prevalence of pathology of the digestive organs, including inflammatory bowel diseases, among children and adolescents has increased in the republic as a whole and regions separately. By 2022, it is predicted that the level of general and newly detected morbidity among children with pathology of the upper digestive tract will increase by 1.5-2 times.