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Dr Kanita Kunaratnam

About

Kanita is an Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD) with the Dietitians Association of Australia and has 20 years of experience working across the healthcare sector.
  • She has worked extensively in the medical and nutrition fields, both in Singapore and Australia, across various settings including hospitals, out-patient clinics, public health, community health, private practice, and academia.
  • Kanita's PhD studies focused on maternal and child nutrition practices and impacts on overall health and wellbeing and is particularly interested in the parent/child food relationship and the intersection between the two.
  • Her expertise led her to co-write the Chapter Nutrition During Infancy and Childhood in Food, Nutrition and Health (Oxford University Press,) a core text for nutrition undergraduate students.
  • Kanita's career highlights include: - Working as a senior research dietitian/fellow at the Telethon Kids institute, - Teaching nutrition to undergraduates and future dietitians from the University of WollongongUniversity of Sydney and Edith Cowan University.
  • She also engages in health professional/workplace trainings; providing practical nutrition talks to GPs and other medical professionals e.g. nurses and allied health, schools and workplaces.
Kanita's practice is non-diet, trauma informed, weight neutral (prioritising your health, not your weight) and Neuro-diversity affirming, embracing culturally valid and compassionate care pathways.

Special Interests

  • Child and maternal health and dietetics
  • Eating disorders
  • Paediatric dietetics
  • Sports dietetics
  • Non-diet approach

Professional Associations

  • Registered Dietitian - Dietitians Australia (DA.)
  • DA mentor to provisional dietitians.
  • Member of the Australian New Zealand Academy of Eating Disorders (ANZAED.)
  • Trauma-informed Dietitian
  • Eating Disorder Credentialled (ANZAED.)

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Maternal and Child Nutrition (PhD) - The University of Sydney.
  • Master of Nutrition and Dietetics (MNutrDiet) - The Flinders University of South Australia.
  • Bachelor of Science - Singapore.
  • Accredited Practicing Dietitian (APD), registered with Dietitians Australia (DA) and Medicare.

Training

  • SOS approach to feeding (treating children with feeding difficulties)
  • Trauma Informed Care
  • HAES training
  • Ellyn Slater’s Intuitive Eating Practices/ Division of Responsibility
  • Monash University - Low FODMAP Diets
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