Bloom Nutrition & Wellness

Accredited Practicing Dietitians

Our passion is working with people whose relationship with food has become a difficult one.

Bloom Nutrition & Wellness is a clinic where our dietitians have a special interest in helping people develop a peaceful relationship with food.

This is not a dietetic practice for fad diets or unsustainable changes that will fizzle out within weeks. Instead, our dietitians love to work at a deeper level, building people's knowledge and self-confidence for making positive dietary and lifestyle changes. Our approach to nutrition is to look at the "bigger picture" surrounding food choices and behaviour, such as:

Is this person eating the right amount of energy for their needs?
Is this person's body shut down due to undernutrition?
Does this person have beliefs that are blocking change?
Does this person have functional hunger and fullness signals?
Is this person's experience of appetite altered by medication/ anxiety/chronic stress?

We provide nutrition advice for a range of general health issues, however topics of special interest are:

Healthy, balanced, sustainable eating for overall health and wellbeing.
Disordered eating
Binge eating
Bulimia nervosa
Anorexia nervosa
Emotional eating
Gut issues related to disordered eating

Articles

Is your bone density as good as this skeletons?

Should I be worried about bone density if I have an eating disorder?

Low bone density in eating disorders is a significant health risk that seems to fly under the radar more than it should. I’m a bit surprised there’s still so much misunderstanding about this topic. So it’s good to be an informed healthcare consumer about this, and arm yourself with the facts so you can get help if you need it.

Body image – Avoiding the “I’ll be happy when” trap.

If you say the words "I'll be happy when..." to yourself, you're falling into a trap which could make you feel worse about yourself. When the "happiness" is only allowed to happen after weight loss, this can actually backfire and lead to more emotional eating in some people. Is it time to question the way you are talking to yourself about your body?

REALLY appropriate shoes for a play centre

What’s in a size? Don’t let the fashion industry dictate your body image.

Does your sense of self-worth change based on your clothing size? So often I see people's mood drop because of a tiny tag of fabric. But does it REALLY make sense to see clothing sizes in this way at all? Let's think about this a bit more closely.

Meet the team

Claire Marnane

Director, Accredited Practicing Dietitian and Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinician.

Masters of Nutrition and Dietetics, Bachelor of Science (Psychology).

Claire is an Accredited Practicing Dietitian and an ANZAED Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinician with over 10 years' experience working in eating disorders treatment. She has worked on specialist eating disorder inpatient hospital units and day programs, and was previously the Senior Dietitian for the Butterfly Foundation Intensive Outpatient Program. Claire has also worked as Eating Disorder Coordinator for the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District, where she helped embed eating disorder awareness and treatment amongst NSW Health hospitals and community treatment centres. She was particularly strongly involved in supporting medical teams in the treatment of eating disorders in public hospitals in that district. Claire has also collaborated on research about the dietetic treatment of eating disorders with the RPA Eating Disorders Day Program, and presented research at conferences for the Australia and New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders and the Centre for Eating and Dieting Disorders.

In session, Claire is warm and relaxed, bringing her ever-ready sense of humour to her work. Her treatment approach is characterised by client-led flexibility, focussing upon the needs and readiness for change of each individual person.

Get in contact here if you would like to make a booking or enquiry.

Please note that although Claire has studied psychology, she is not a clinical psychologist. We recommend that clients in need of a psychologist look at the ANZAED website for Credentialed Eating Disorder Practitioners.

Victoria Andrews

Accredited Practicing Dietitian - Victoria has finished up her career as a Dietitian. We wish her all the best in her new role as a medical practitioner!

Masters of Nutrition and Dietetics, Bachelor of Science (Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism).

Accredited Practicing Dietitians with Dietitians Australia (Claire Marnane)

ANZAED Credentialed Eating Disorder Dietitian (Claire Marnane)

Clinic address: 1 Arundel St, Glebe NSW 2037.