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Diet and nutrition

Living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) means paying special attention to what you eat. Maintaining good nutrition can be a balancing act. Learn how to stay on the right track.

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We Can't Wait App

Our free app offers patients a simple way to locate publicly accessible restrooms and helps identify sympathetic establishments. Also, find out about the Open Restroom Movement.

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New Meal Planning Tool

Our Gut Friendly Recipes tool helps reduce stress around meal choice and cooking. It includes over 500 dietitian approved recipes, 7-day meal plans, and much more…It’s also free!

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Throughout 2023, the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation is hosting virtual, in-person, and on demand MyIBD Learning education programs. Each program is created for patients and caregivers of all ages—wherever they are in their patient journey.

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We bring together the largest community of IBD patients in the country, and we engage them in the fight against Crohn’s & colitis. Patients are involved in setting our research priorities, contributing data and biosamples to accelerate research, helping design our educational efforts alongside our scientific advisors, and advocating for key public policy issues to legislators.

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Foundation Updates

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New National Survey Shows Lack of Public Restrooms is Widespread Public Health Issue

November 17, 2022

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Why having open conversations with your doctor is important

November 1, 2022

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Crohn's & Colitis Foundation

The Crohn's & Colitis Foundation is a non-profit, volunteer-fueled organization dedicated to finding the cures for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, and to improving the quality of life of children and adults affected by these diseases. It was founded in 1967 by Irwin M. and Suzanne Rosenthal, William D. and Shelby Modell, and Henry D. Janowitz, M.D.