Kathryn Kathy Benn
BENN-efit Nutrition
About
BENN-efit Nutrition was founded by Kathy Benn in 2011. Specialising in metabolic health including weight loss surgery and GLP-1 medications for over a decade, she is part of multiple bariatric surgical teams and facilitates education in the area for other health professionals. Our team can offer you individually designed evidence-based nutritional advice providing practical and simple ideas to invigorate your inner chef or break any hindering habits, together, long term results can be achieved.
Kathy goes on a journey with the person to develop a more positive relationship with food and support them with the long and sometimes challenging road after weight loss surgery. In 2022, she completed a Bachelor of Psychology (with distinction) aimed to consolidate previous clinical and sports nutrition experience with behaviour change.
Approach: Practical, evidence-based, and supportive. Kathy takes a journey-based approach with clients, focusing on long-term behaviour change and building a positive relationship with food.
Weight Loss Approach
Evidence-based, behaviour change focused. Kathy specialises in metabolic health including weight loss surgery and GLP-1 medications. She works with clients to develop a more positive relationship with food and modify unhelpful eating behaviours, aiming for long-term results.
Yes. Kathy explicitly specialises in supporting patients on GLP-1 medications (e.g. Ozempic, Mounjaro, Saxenda, Wegovy) as part of her decade-long focus on metabolic health. She is part of multiple bariatric surgical teams and delivers education on GLP-1s to other health professionals.
Yes. Kathy is a specialist in weight loss surgery nutrition and is part of multiple bariatric surgical teams in Brisbane. She supports clients through the long and sometimes challenging road after weight loss surgery and provides pre/post-surgical nutrition support.
Areas of Expertise
Location
BENN-efit Nutrition
48 Granville St, West End QLD 4101
Multiple Locations
Yes – website references a variety of clinics around Brisbane (see clinic-locations page); specific additional addresses not extracted from provided content.
Qualifications
- Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD)
- Bachelor of Psychology (with distinction
- 2022)
- Accredited Sports Dietitian (former)
Memberships
- Dietitians Australia (DA)
- Australian & New Zealand Metabolic and Obesity Surgery Society (ANZMOSS) – Dietitian Representative on the Board 2019–2022
- International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity & Metabolic Disorders (IFSO)
Rebates & Insurance
Medicare
Medicare provider. Likely eligible for EPC/chronic disease management plan rebates; specific session numbers and rebate amounts not stated.
NDIS
Registered NDIS Provider. Offers home visits as part of NDIS service delivery. TAG Registered Provider status confirmed.
DVA
DVA Provider
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