She has a Bachelor of Health Science Degree from the University of New England (Armidale) and a three-year Nutrition Diploma from the Nature Care College (Sydney, Australia). As a nutritionist, Karen has treated everyone from babies to grandmothers suffering from a diverse range of skin disorders and in this book she presents effective and results-driven information in a reader-friendly manner. Karen also writes health columns for various Australian publications and does voluntary health and nutrition talks at high schools around the country.