Kate Marsh

BSc, MNutrDiet, PhD, Grad Cert Diab Edn & Mgt

Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian & Credentialled Diabetes Educator

Northside Nutrition & Dietetics (NSW)

editor@adea.com.au

Kate is a CDE and Advanced APD and is the current editor of the Australian Diabetes Educator (ADE) and Chair of the Editorial Advisory Group (EAG). She is a Fellow of the ADEA and the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine (ASLM).

Kate currently divides her time between clinical practice and health and medical writing, and has a private practice in Sydney where she works mostly with individuals with diabetes and women with PCOS (who are at high risk of developing GDM and T2 diabetes).

Kate has been a member of the EAG since 2005 and chair since 2015. She is also a long-time editorial board member for Diabetes Management Journal (DMJ) and a board member of ASLM. Kate writes regularly for Diabetic Living magazine and the limbic Diabetes Educator/Endocrinology. She also works as a freelance writer for Diabetes Australia.

Kate has published articles in a number of other consumer publications and medical journals, written four consumer books and has contributed the dietary chapters to several textbooks on the topics of diabetes, vegetarian and plant-based diets, PCOS, insulin resistance, glycemic index and pregnancy.  She also speaks regularly on these topics to both health professionals and consumers and is a guest lecturer on PCOS at The University of Sydney.

Kate is a member of the Guideline Development Group for the PCOS International Evidence-Based Guidelines and the PCOS Centre for Research Excellence (CRE) Translation Committee.  She was also a member of the working parties developing the current evidence-based guidelines for the diagnosis and management of PCOS and type 1 diabetes in Australia

Kate is a recipient of the DAA Young Achievers Award, was a NSW finalist in the 2006 Telstra Business Women’s Awards, and was awarded the DAA Joan Woodhill Prize for Excellent in Research – Doctorate Award for her PhD study on low GI diets for women with PCOS. In 2015 she was awarded the inaugural ADEA Jan Baldwin National CDE of the Year.

Articles by this Author

From the Editor

In this issue of the ADE we have articles covering a wide variety of topics relevant to our work as diabetes educators.

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Editors Column

In our first edition of the ADE for 2021 we have articles covering a wide variety of topics relevant to our work as...

Plant-based diets and type 2 diabetes

Plant-based diets are those that consist entirely or mostly of plant-based foods including fruit, vegetables, legumes, nuts, seeds and grains. While a...

Editors Column

As we put this edition of the ADE together, it remains a challenging time for diabetes educators and the people with diabetes we care for.  I hope...

From the Editor

Life has certainly changed since the last edition of the ADE was published, particularly when it comes to our work as...

Editor’s Column

Thank you to everyone who completed the recent ADE readership questions as part of the ADEA membership survey. We received responses from 447 members,...

Low carbohydrate diets and diabetes

Low carbohydrate diets, including low carbohydrate high fat (LCHF) and ketogenic (keto) diets have been gaining popularity in the general population,...