Karen Van Esveld
- Health & Sports
Clinical Nutritionist BHSc Nutritional + Dietetic Medicine
Karen is an Accredited Clinical Nutritionist consulting in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs. Karen has always had a passion for health and design. After graduating with a Bachelor of Design she worked for several globally leading design and advertising firms in both Sydney and Hong Kong. Her love of fitness and movement led to the Polestar Method of Pilates where she graduated after 600 hours of training in Mat, Reformer and Studio Pilates. While teaching Pilates for the last 8 years, she has continued to study Classical Pilates.
Growing up with brothers who were athletes, nutrition has always been an area of interest. So much so, that Karen studied a Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetic Medicine with a HD average which enables her to help people to be the healthiest version of themselves.
Karen has a natural ability to meet people where they are at with empathy and non-judgement. Goals are created together with an authentic desire to achieve optimal results. Being married for 25 years and a mother of two, Karen is well positioned to consult families and cater to men and children. Karen has a special interest in longevity, maximising body composition (fat loss and muscle gain), gut health, athletic performance, osteoporosis, food intolerances, diabetes and metabolic disorders, hormone balance, fertility, cardiovascular disease and optimisation of all body systems.
WellSet believes in a holistic approach to well-being that treats the body as a whole. Utilising food as medicine with the latest science to optimise all body systems. We complement this with the intelligent movement of form-driven Pilates….After graduating from a four year Bachelor of Design, Karen has worked in design and advertising agencies around the world for almost 20 years. Whilst working in for a design agency in Hong Kong, Karen decided to deepen her passion for Pilates by studying the Polestar Method with over 600 hours of training. This led to a desire to take a more holistic approach to wellness and study a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Dietetic Medicine. Karen began her company WellSet, to bring a holistic approach to well-being that treats the body as a whole. Utilising food as medicine with the latest science to optimise all body systems. This is complemented with the intelligent movement of form-driven Pilates.
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