Karen is a CORU registered Dietitian and member of the Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute (INDI), and has over 15 years of experience working as a dietitian in a range of settings. Karen graduated from the University of Ulster Coleraine with a first-class honours degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics, and has also completed two paediatric Master’s modules and a Diploma in Diabetes Management.
Since graduating Karen has worked as a clinical dietitian in a range of different hospital and community settings across England and Scotland before returning to Ireland.
Karen has expertise in managing a range of nutritional issues in adults. These include weight management, digestive health including Irritable bowel syndrome, type 1 and type 2 diabetes, PCOS, coeliac disease, nutritional support and heart health.
Karen has also spent over four years working in paediatric nutrition helping children and their families achieve their nutritional goals in a variety of specialised areas including neonatal nutrition, faltering growth, fussy eating, allergies, type 1 diabetes and weight management.
Karen aims to empower her clients to make sustainable long-term changes to improve health whilst developing more positive relationships with food. Karen’s belief is everyone should feel empowered to nurture their health to achieve their nutritional goals. At the heart of her advice is ensuring clients individualised needs are met and food choices become even more enjoyable.
In her spare time Karen enjoys running, hiking, shopping, cooking and running after her children.
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