Leading Paediatric Dietitian, Karina Savage welcomes you!
How Karina helps families
“My baby is so irritable and colicky and just can’t settle, how can I help them? Karina has specialist experience in working with (and researching) babies with reflux and gut issues. She will help you with the best possible plan for your baby.
“My child is SO fussy and just wont try new things, I wish they would eat more vegetables”. Imagine a dinner time with no more mealtime battles - instead a calm and happy you, with more head space! This could be you :)
“My child always has tummy pain and rarely has a normal poo”. Karina is a gut health expert and will help diagnose and fix food intolerance gut issues.
“My child is too heavy and overeats” Karina teaches parents how to help children become mindful eaters who capably self regulate their intake, listen to their bodies and grow up being a healthy weight.
Paediatric Dietitian - Sydney Northern Beaches
Karina loves working with families to take the stress out of feeding. She listens to your individual situation, to make sure that her guidance and nutrition plans are 100% workable for your family.
Being a mum of 2 herself, she offers a very non-judgemental nutrition counselling and advice, enabling you to walk out of the consult feeling reassured, confident and less stressed!.
All strategies realistic and “doable” as it has to work in real life - right?.
Karina loves supporting families who have children with gut issues - to improve the quality of their lives.
She has specialised in this area of food allergy and intolerance for 20 years.
Karina also supports FUSSY EATERS through a unique BUNDLE - including both an individual consultation and ongoing support through her PROGRAM.
We spend time working with you to devise individualised nutrition plans for you and your child.
Being mums ourselves we offer non-judgemental nutrition counselling and advice, enabling you to walk out of the consult feeling reassured, confident and less stressed!
Paediatric Dietitian (Northern Beaches) Consult includes a dietary assessment of your chiid's eating, together with an individualised child nutrition plan.
Paediatric Dietitians / Nutritionists make your life easier by:
Listening to your concerns and needs
Assessing what they eat -it is helpful to bring a 4 day food diary (can be downloaded from our free info page).
Reducing stress by providing reassurance and education with a professionally devised nutrition plan - specific to your child/family.
We also love presenting at preschools, child care centres and schools.
Do you have a fussy eater that makes you feel frustrated and exhausted?
“ I just want them to try new foods”….
“ I just want them to eat some vegetables”…
If this sounds like you, then we would LOVE to help you to take the stress out of meal times.
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As a Paediatric Dietitian (Nutritionists), based in the Northern Beaches / Lower North Shore.
This is how Karina’s helps you:
She listens to your concerns and needs about your child's nutrition
Then assesses whether there are any nutritional gaps it is helpful to bring a 4 day food diary (can be downloaded from our free info page).
She then provides reassurance and information with a professionally devised nutrition plan - specific to your child/family. This plan is 100% workable/practical for your family.
Karina has specialist skills in children's gut health and the following conditions:
Irritable infants (colic/reflux)
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and the Low FODMAP Diet
Carbohydrate intolerances/malabsorption (lactose/fructose/sucrose)
Allergies eg. milk and egg
Fussy eating
Iron deficiency
Constipation
Coeliac Disease
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Underweight/ Failure to Thrive
Overweight and Obesity
Vegetarian diets
Autism/ADHD
Sports nutrition for children and adolescents
Special needs children eg. Cerebral Palsy, Muscular Dystrophy
Online Consultations
Easy access for families needing professional tailored support.
Most of Karina’s clinics are online because they are so convenient for parents and work so well.
If your child is under 10 years of age, they do not need to be present for the appointment - Karina just needs their weight/height, food diary and any other useful medical information (if available)
ZOOM usually works best, but FACETIME is another great option
At the end of the consultation, she emails through a summary of the session with key strategies for your family, together with any other useful information she feels will help you.
