New Delhi: Changing food habits from organic food to processed food is resulting in rise in inflammatory bowel disease in children in India, a study says.

The multi-centric study shows that out of 221 children, 42 percent suffered from Ulcerative Colitis, which involves the large intestine, and 55.2 percent suffered from Crohn's Disease, which involves the food pipe, small intestine as well as large intestine, a release said here on Tuesday.