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Improving the Care of Patients with Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis through Nutrition
Posted: April 28, 2022
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Posted: April 20, 2022
The 17th Congress of the European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation (ECCO) was held virtually Feb 16-19, 2022. Highlights of some of the featured presentations and a few posters are included below, including the opportunity to view the Nestlé Health Science Nutritional Symposium.
Posted: March 2, 2022
The Crohn's and Colitis Congress was held virtually on January 20-22, 2022. The following are some of the nutritional highlights
Posted: Jan. 19, 2022
The North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) 2021 conference was held virtually December 12-18, 2021. The following are some of the nutritional highlights.
Posted: Jan. 5, 2022
Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Disease 2021 was held in a hybrid model from December 9th-11th in Orlando, Florida. Below are the nutritional highlights from AIBD 2021
Posted: Dec. 20, 2021
Are you a registered dietitian (RD) working with or interested in working with patients with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis? Please fill out this brief survey to assist us in planning a potential registry and/or certification process for IBD nutrition and lifestyle specialists.
This survey was prepared by the RDs on the Nutritional Therapy for IBD Medical Advisory Board.
Posted: Oct. 28, 2021
The American College of Gastroenterology Conference was held live Oct. 22-27 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Nutritional highlights are found in the link below.
Posted: Oct. 20, 2021
The United European Gastroenterology Conference was held virtually October 3-5, 2021. Nutritional highlights from the meeting include the following:
Posted: Sept. 8, 2021
This symposium was presented at the World Congress of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition 2021 and is available to stream here or on the Nutritional Symposia page. Novel dietary concepts are discussed. Preliminary results are included from the CD-HOPE trial evaluating the use of cyclic EEN (2 weeks of EEN every 8 weeks) as primary therapy in a pediatric population. A new “dietary responsive” phenotype is proposed. Preliminary data from adults utilizing CDED is reviewed.
Posted: July 13, 2021
The 16th Congress of the European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation was held virtually on July 2-3 and July 8-10, 2021. Below find a list of some of the nutritional highlights from the meeting.
Posted: June 18, 2021
As a result of the Specific Carbohydrate Diet Curriculum – Patient and Caretaker’s Outlooks (SCRUMPTIOUS) Study, Stanford Children’s Health released a host of SCD resources available to both study participants and the public. This new webpage was designed based on their findings from SCRUMPTIOUS: that patients and families desired evidenced-based, reliable diet education.
Posted: June 1, 2021
In 2017, Kelly Issokoson, MS, RD, of Cedars-Sinai spearheaded the #EENChallenge as a way to raise awareness and show support for EEN therapy in patients with IBD. The EEN challenge consists of one day of consuming only enteral nutrition formula, ideally the same formula Crohn's Disease patients on EEN consume every day while on the therapeutic diet.