Ananya Somani, MSc, APD
I completed my MSc in Nutrition and Dietetic Practice in Australia and am a qualified clinical dietitian and nutritionist (Dietitians Australia) and accredited sports dietitian (Sports Dietitians Australia). Building on from a strong clinical foundation in the acute-care setting and chronic disease management (e.g. diabetes, heart health), I have also gained experience working with athletes and sporting professionals (e.g. cricket, triathlon, swimming). Perhaps my favourite area is working with active or athletic women to help them eat well for performance and health whilst building a positive relationship with food.
- Work Experience
Nutrition Consultant at Glenmark Aquatic Foundation (Current)
🍃 Conducted anthropometry assessments on performance squad, and individual consults with swimmers as well as nutrition presentations for the parents and swimmers.
Sports Nutrition Associate at Sir HN Reliance Hospital
🍃 Worked with athletes (e.g. runners, swimmers, badminton players) and individuals to help work toward sporting, competition and health goals.
🍃 Involved in nutrition team tasks including reporting of nutrition assessment camps conducted at athlete training centres, creating athlete resources, developing a supplement database and menu development for athlete training centres.
Nutritionist at SOHFIT
🍃 Provided nutrition advice and customized plans to individual clients for a variety of goals (e.g. body composition, heart health, gut health).
🍃 Nutrition coach for online programs and challenges, providing nutrition input and guiding participants over the duration of the program.
🍃 Worked on nutrition material for the various programs and challenges including guidelines, recipe books as well as conducting interactive nutrition talks for program participants.
Scientific publications
🍃Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, Nov 2020: Ward-based nutrition care practices and a snapshot of patient care: Results from nutritionDay in the ICU by Joshua Pearcy, Ekta Agarwal, Elizabeth Isenring, Ananya Somani, Charlene Wright, Bhuvaneshwari Shankar
🍃 Journal of Nutrition & Dietetics, Sep 2020: Prevalence of malnutrition risk and poor food intake in older adults in Indian hospitals: A prospective observational nutritionDay study with novel mapping of malnutrition risk to the Malnutrition Screening Tool by Charlene Wright, Bhuvaneshwari Shankar, Skye Marshall, Joshua Pearcy, Ananya Somani, Ekta Agarwal
🍃 Poster Presentation at Dietitians Association Australia Conference, 2019: The association between malnutrition risk, poor food intake and health-related outcomes in patients with cancer in Indian hospitals by Ananya Somani