Foodwatch Nutrition Services Pty Ltd

Freelance Nutrition Writer

18 Beaconsfield Pde Lindfield NSW 2070
Tel 02 9416 3550
Fax 02 9416 3699
Email Saxelby@foodwatch.com.au
Web address: www.foodwatch.com.au

Skills and Services

Catherine Saxelby is a qualified dietitian and nutritionist who has researched and written on almost all aspects of healthy eating in a career spanning 25 years in public health, clinical dietetics, food industry and writing.

Her skill lies in translating the scientific into articles that the public can not only understand but find fascinating.

She is the Nutrition Editor for Australian Table magazine and contributes nutrition articles to magazines and newspapers. Past contributions have been to Healthy Food Guide, Sun-Herald, Healthwatch (Herald-Sun), Canberra Times, Readers Digest, Womens Weekly and Super Food Ideas.

She is the author of 8 books on nutrition including the best-selling Nutrition for Life (Hardie Grant), now in its 20th year of continuous publication with over 350 000 copies in print.

She is experienced in the major forms of media including:
• radio and television
• web-based communications
• magazines and books

Subjects

Nutrition, health, fitness and stress management. Nutrition specialty are:
 healthy eating for busy people
 food facts and Q&As
 functional foods
 omega-3 fats
 weight loss, protein-carbohydrate ratios

Qualifications

B Sc, Grad Dip Nutr & Dietetics (Syd), APD, MAIFST

Catherine runs her own extensive website offering nutrition information aimed at consumers (see www.foodwatch.com.au).

Winner – Food Media Club Best Nutrition Writing 2001, 2003 and 2004
Winner – Dietitians Association of Australia award for Innovation in Communication 2000

She is a member of the Australian Society of Authors, Nutrition Society of Australia and the American Dietetic Association. She is a Life Member of Nutrition Australia.