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 Wollongong, University 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.