An Australian GP has taken celebrity Kim Kardashian West to task after the Keeping Up with Kardashians star lamented her weight gain, warning her comments could fuel body image issues in other women.

Melbourne GP Dr Preeya Alexander wrote an open letter to the ubiquitous media personality after hearing Ms Kardashian West say she’d like to hit a goal weight by her 40th birthday and that she had “fallen off the wagon”.

The problem, a pregnant Dr Alexander said, was that she and her husband had heard this on a radio news feed while in the car with their three-year-old daughter.

“I went rigid; my husband cringed. I started making loud noises about how much I loved my body and how strong I was (despite how bloody sore it is right now),” Dr Alexander wrote on her the Wholesome Doctor account on Instagram.