Crohn’s & Colitis Awareness Week · December 1–7, 2026
IBD Awareness Week 2026: find your first trigger food in 7 days
Crohn's & Colitis Awareness Week runs December 1–7. Here's one useful thing to do with it: a week of small, two-tap logs that ends with a free report of the foods that most often came before your symptoms — something concrete to bring to your next GI appointment.
Free to start. The challenge and the Week 1 Report are free.
The 7-day “Find your first trigger” challenge
It runs over the first seven days of a new account, starting the day you sign up. Each day shows one small step on the home screen; most people finish them just by using the app normally.
- 1
Log breakfast
Two taps. Any meal counts.
- 2
Add a symptom check
Log how you felt today. Even “felt fine” is a data point.
- 3
Two data points in one day
Log a meal and how you're feeling. Same day gives the strongest signal.
- 4
Try a swap
Pick something you usually eat and try a gentler version, then log how it sat. If you're mid-flare, the app asks you to log something that sits okay instead.
- 5
Halfway there
Log today's meals. Patterns usually start to show around now.
- 6
Almost there
One more day of logs.
- 7
Your free Week 1 Report
Likely aggravators, top tolerated foods and symptom patterns, from your own logs.
On iPhone, look for the “IBD Awareness Week Challenge” event on the App Store from November 17.
Read before you start
- How to keep a food and symptom journal your GI will actually use
- Foods that commonly worsen a Crohn’s flare, and why
- Just diagnosed with Crohn’s or colitis: the first 30 days
Awareness Week is organised in the US by the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation.
Crohn's Food Tracker is educational support and a self-tracking tool. It is not a medical device and does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always talk to your gastroenterologist or care team before changing your diet, medication or treatment. If you have severe pain, persistent bleeding, a high fever or signs of obstruction, seek urgent care.