Cathy Breen PhD RD

CORU RD Clinical Specialist in Diabetes & Obesity | NDP | Chair ASOI. Irritated by nutritional pseudoscience/food zealotry🙄 Views my own 🇺🇦 RT/LK≠endorsement

[Cathy Breen PhD RD @cathybreen24]

This year for #WorldObesityDay I’m joining researchers & colleagues in @ASOIreland @ICPObesity at this weight stigma awareness event. Registration is free at this link:
https://t.co/UKKLS26ps9
#AddressingObesityTogether

[Cathy Breen PhD RD @cathybreen24]

What a lovely surprise to get my INDI Patient & Professional Advocacy award in the post this morning 🤩 A great end to 2025!
Thanks to all my colleagues & patient advocacy orgs I work with 🙌 @HSELive @ICPObesity @ASOIreland @Diabetes_ie @Thriveabetes @EASOobesity @ObesityCan

[DigiBete @DigiBeteUK]

🎄✨ Carb Counting Christmas is BACK! ✨🎄

Ho ho ho! The #DigiElf has been working on bringing you a festive feast of carb-counting goodness 🎅

🎁Peek behind the tinsel and explore 👇
🔗https://t.co/ImOi2y4ItE

#DiabetesAwarenessMonth #Diabetes #Type1Diabetes

[Cathy Breen PhD RD @cathybreen24]

Malnutrition is common in obesity. Risks are exacerbated by treatments yet it's often missed due to stigma. People living with obesity deserve better. For evidence based guidance: https://t.co/XjNKngo9Ok
#MAW2025
@ASOIreland @brownenutrition @cdonovan3 @ObesityCan

[Cathy Breen PhD RD @cathybreen24]

@yumyumrachum @UnaONeill17 @HSEDubMidlands Thanks for inviting me & thanks to the @ICPObesity @ASOIreland teams for helping me to develop the presentation 🙌

[Cathy Breen PhD RD @cathybreen24]

@Thriveabetes @Physicianeer @SDinneen16 @OrlahealthPA @IdocN @IrishEndocrine @TomasPGriffin @IDNMSAinfo Fantastic news 🙌 Well done to all the @Thriveabetes team
Date in the diary 📔

[Cathy Breen PhD RD @cathybreen24]

🚨 We're hiring! Staff grade dietitian posts in @StColumcillesH1 - training in inpatient and outpatient Centre for Obesity Management services 🏥 Come join our fab team https://t.co/5A31QiRqcP 😊 Closing 17.10.25 ⏰- apply here https://t.co/4dfF4a37tR

[Cathy Breen PhD RD @cathybreen24]

@GlucoseNLies @PNewlandJones @RxDispoLabs @MargaritaAliT @m_alikaramat @bensawbo @DiabeticQueen1 @lewcose @danj_h Super thanks @GlucoseNLies 🤩

[Cathy Breen PhD RD @cathybreen24]

@a_moorhead @ZaherToumi @FionaQuigs Well done @a_moorhead @FionaQuigs

[Thriveabetes @Thriveabetes]

Mini Thriveabetes: Mind Matters with #T1D
Ennis, Clare 😁😁😁
27-09-2025

#IREDOC #NIDOC #GBDOC
@HSEMidWest #Diabetes #Ireland #Type1Diabetes #Diabetic #DiabetesWeek #DiabetesAwarenessWeek @Physicianeer 😃 @MoloneyYvonne @cathybreen24

[Cathy Breen PhD RD @cathybreen24]

@Thriveabetes @HSEMidWest @Physicianeer @MoloneyYvonne Oh exciting!

[Michael Albert, MD @MichaelAlbertMD]

🧠 Why do we cling to contradictions when it comes to obesity?

"We dismiss BMI—despite its 98% concordance with DEXA.

We avoid the concept of energy balance—despite knowing appetite isn’t a choice.

We blame thyroid, sleep, menopause—despite their limited role.

Why?
Because it feels like blame.
And blame feels like failure.
But here’s the truth: Obesity is not about blame.

It’s time to move beyond oversimplifications—and toward compassion, science, and nuance."
- - -
👇🏻 Read the full piece:

[Siobhan Julian @JulianSiobhan]

Exciting new opportunity for a senior dietitian in Wexford General Hospital. A panel for future senior roles will be formed. Any queries please contact [email protected]
RTs appreciated @WeHSCPs @DieteticsTCD @HSEDubSouthEast @trust_indi @indi_OPNIG

https://t.co/5HMOg8ufZo

[Cathy Breen PhD RD @cathybreen24]

Key messages:
🏥focus on health, not BMI when identifying need for & escalation of treatment
🤝MDT working together to enable treatment access
🗓️ Like any chronic disease, it’s about long term management
#ObesityMasterclass @NIPCIRELAND

[NIPC @NIPCIRELAND]

🎤Fantastic Panel Discussion: "Who do we treat?"
Chaired by @DrMCrotty at #ObesityMasterclass
A powerful, multi-disciplinary discussion on access, equity & clinical decision-making in obesity care. #ObesityCare #PatientVoices

[Kate Gajewska @kate_gajewska]

Last, but not least
Least at #DICE2025: national
Clinical updates from: @Diabetes_ie (Sinead Powell), #languagematters @TomasPGriffin, National
Paediatric #diabetes audit Prof Nuala Murphy @noca_irl and the National
Diabetes Registry @SDinneen16. What a great and busy day!

[Kate Gajewska @kate_gajewska]

Opening session at #Diabetes #technology and #research day: #DTNIRL and @DiabetesCTN.

Fantastic researchers, #HCPs, change makers - @DiabetesCTN lead and chair @FidelmaDunne welcomed Keynote Speaker, diabetes star, Prof Chantal Mathieu @EASDnews to
Discuss #T1D Care and Cure

[Cathy Breen PhD RD @cathybreen24]

My take home quote from #DICE2025 ⬇️

[TUH Psychology @TUH_Psychology]

#PsychologicalDistress is by far the most prevalent complication of living with #Diabetes #DICE2025 and it starts from Day 1!! #DiabetesIreland

[Cathy Breen PhD RD @cathybreen24]

Thanks to @ValTwomey @TUH_Psychology @kate_gajewska for corralling us all into the room so early! A brilliantly holistic session with @DrRoseStewart @DiabetesCTN @Christine_New12 looking at research & clinical priorities in T1DM

[Cathy Breen PhD RD @cathybreen24]

Thanks to @Diabetes_ie for the opportunity to speak at #DICE2025 🙌
Key message: food is life 🍝, in diabetes & otherwise - let’s normalise that!

[Cathy Breen PhD RD @cathybreen24]

@FionaQuigs @LeonaRyan85 @ASOIreland @DrLauraMcGowan And you’re out of the blocks finally!