Meet Karen, who is passionate about lifestyle medicine – the small tweaks we can all make to improve our health through nutrition, activity, sleep and stress management. Karen will help clients with weight management, diabetes, insulin resistance, mental health conditions, fatty liver, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure. That’s the majority of all Aussies!
As an Accredited Practising Dietitian and the owner of Hunter Dietetics, Karen has over 20 years of experience working in hospitals, food service, community and private practice dietetics where she has supported individuals to sort through all the confusing information there is out there so that they can feel the best they can, despite any health concerns they have. She believes the Mediterranean Diet is a powerful tool for anyone wanting better health, but also understands there is no “one size fits all” approach.
Outside of work, Karen is a mother of 2 energetic boys, loves camping, keeping fit, baking and can often be found outdoors in her veggie patch. Her fav food….dark chocolate of course!
Bachelor of Nutrition & Dietetics
Claire became a dietitian to assist clients to meet their health goals, enhance their nutrition knowledge and improve their relationship with food. Her philosophy is all about helping her clients to create sustainable and individualised lifestyle and dietary changes and she thrives with the variety that private practice provides her.
Not so long ago, Claire decided to study nutrition after having her two kids and moving to Australia from the Channel Islands. The main driver for her was to help her family and their health. She has personal experience with food allergy and IBS, so studying dietetics was helpful for herself, family and to help others. It was the perfect culmination of her interest in science, food and nutrition and talking to people. So here we are…..
Claire is also one of our dietitians who is passionate about improving the nutritional status of clients in the Aged Care sector and can often be found having a yarn with the residents.
Outside of dietetics Claire is the mother of 2 girls, enjoys running and cooking especially ways to boost the nutritional status of everyday foods. Her favourite food? Roast dinner or cake (I like coming up with ways to make simple changes to baking to increase the nutrition eg substituting butter for light tasting EVOO, or adding legumes such as kidney beans or chickpeas).
Our University qualified Accredited Practising Dietitians and Accredited Nutritionists provide advice on:
Weight loss, weight gain and weight management
Diabetes, insulin resistance or impaired glucose tolerance
Heart disease, high blood pressure and cholesterol lowering
Gastrointestinal disorders including: constipation, irritable bowel, coeliac disease
Family meals and fussy eating
Pregnancy, breastfeeding and starting solids
Childhood obesity
Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)
Iron deficiency
Vegetarian eating
Improving energy
Improving quality of life
Motivation and inspiration
Label reading and food budgeting
Nutritious, easy to prepare, tasty meals, recipes and personalised eating plans
We are committed to providing an individualised, professional service based on evidenced based nutrition science.
We offer a professional and high quality service with caring and experienced staff
We are Accredited Practising Dietitians and Accredited Nutritionists – who are University trained experts in food and nutrition
We get results
We individually tailor an eating plan to suit you – we don’t believe in “one diet fits all”
We are experienced counsellors, who can encourage, motivate and support you
We provide written information for you to take home from your appointment; with goals set together, a healthy eating plan and specific nutrition information for any medical condition
We are members of the Dietitian Australia and abide by relevant codes of ethical and professional conduct and confidentiality
We are conveniently located in 2 central locations in Glendale and Belmont
We are an established private practice (since 2003) and our team has many more years of experience working in; hospitals, community settings or food service dietetics
We pride ourselves on getting you results.