Karina Beresneva
Karina Beresneva
Nutritionist
In my daily work at the BKUS Child and Youth Mental Health Centre, I often come into contact with children and young people who are diagnosed with eating disorders - eating disorders or overweight and obesity.
At this stage in a child's life, parents are an undervalued resource in the child's recovery. I am convinced that the active involvement of parents in the process of changing eating habits and introducing a wholesome diet is a crucial factor in their child's recovery. Most often, parents want to help their child, but do not always know how.
As a nutritionist working with eating disorders, my role is to find and help parents focus on what they can do for their child at this point in time, to provide the necessary knowledge about good nutrition, and to provide the support that is so desperately needed by parents of a child with an eating disorder.
I have a deep interest in eating disorders in children and young people, in weight correction and in analysing and improving dietary habits, but I also advise adults on the specifics of nutrition and the adaptation of diets in cases of various chronic diseases with specific nutritional requirements.
Education
Riga Stradiņš University, Faculty of Rehabilitation, bachelor's professional degree in health care and qualification of nutritionist, 2021
Riga Stradiņš University, Faculty of Rehabilitation, Master of Health Sciences in Nutrition, 2023
I am constantly improving my knowledge by learning from the best specialists in the field of eating disorders:
- Marcia Herrin "Nutrition Treatment of Eating Disorders" (USA)
- "CBT-E for Eating Disorders" (UK, The Centre for Research on Eating Disorders at Oxford)
- Ricardo dalle Grave "CBT-E treatment for adults with eating disorders" (Italy)
- Pamela MacDonald "Skills training for carers of people with eating disorders" (UK, The New Maudsley Collaborative Care Approach for Eating Disorders)
- MONASH university "Identification and management of disordered eating in gastrointestinal disorders";
Participation in associations
Member of the Latvian Association of Diet and Nutrition Specialists
Language skills
Latvian, Russian, English
