Gut Health & Eating Disorders

About this event

Did you know that up to 98% of people with eating disorders meet the criteria for gastrointestinal disorders due to symptoms such as restricting food intake, purging and bingeing? Restrictive eating disorders have significant impacts on the gut.
Gut Health and Eating Disorders is presented by Kim Menzies, Accredited Practising Dietitian of What’s Your Gut Feeling?

Kim will discuss managing pre and post morbid gut issues such as coeliac disease, IBS and inflammatory bowel disease in those with eating disorders as well as starvation and pre-existing related gut issues. Kim will provide strategies and advice for carers to support and assist gut discomfort.

Kim is a dedicated and caring Accredited Practising Dietitian with over 15 years’ experience. She adopts a client-centred approach to assist people, using scientifically sound dietary advice. Kim is passionate about helping people develop a calm relationship with food and their body.
Over the last 15 years, she has been specialising in gastrointestinal conditions such as Coeliac Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Food Intolerances.

Kim is a dedicated and caring Accredited Practising Dietitian with over 15 years’ experience. She adopts a client-centred approach to assist people, using scientifically sound dietary advice. Kim is passionate about helping people develop a calm relationship with food and their body.

Over the last 15 years, she has been specialising in gastrointestinal conditions such as Coeliac Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Food Intolerances, working closely with Dr Sue Shepherd at Shepherd Works where she was Senior Dietitian. Kim is highly experienced in educating people how to successfully follow the low FODMAP diet and a gluten free diet. The dietary changes required for these conditions can be challenging therefore her goal is to guide you with foods that can be enjoyed, as well as those that may need to be restricted for your health and well-being.

She also works with people who are struggling to intuitively listen to their bodies due to restrictive dieting or disordered eating or have been diagnosed with an eating disorder. Her interest in the intersection between gastrointestinal symptoms and highly disordered eating has led her to undertake further research. She greatly enjoys helping people realise that it is possible to develop a peaceful relationship with food and their bodies, without guilt, shame and/or food anxiety.

Kim is a member of the Dietitians Australia (DA) and a Professional Member of Coeliac Australia. She is an ANZAED Eating Disorder Credentialled Dietitian and provides supervision for new graduates and early career dietitians. As a former Home Economics, Food Technology and Biology teacher, Kim has a love of creating and sharing nourishing and fun food and assisting others to develop their food and nutrition skills and brings her extensive knowledge in a practical and down-to-earth manner.