Overview
Aim
Dietitians role is to assist individuals to make lifestyle changes to enhance and support treatment of certain disorders; and to motivate individuals to make changes which will improve their general health and well being through sensible eating, regular exercise and a positive outlook.
A Dietitian must complete a Degree of Nutrition and Dietetics. A continuing professional development program exists and dietitians who undergo this program are called Accredited Practicing Dietitians (APD).
Our Dietitians are APD’s and are members of the Dietitians Association of Australia.
Service Description
The service provides individual and group sessions for all age groups as required. A doctor’s referral is preferred but not necessary in all cases.
Diabetes Education groups are run from all our sites together with a comprehensive Diabetes Education Program.
We are available to anyone living or working in Kingston
Other issues that we may assist with are;
- Weight Management
- Palliative Care
- Cardiac disease
- Antenatal/Postnatal Nutrition
- Gastrointestinal disorders
- Healthy Eating
- Health promotion
Dietetics Lastest News
| CBCHS Dietitian Presenting at Annual Diabetes Symposium in May (Created: Apr 13, 2007 - Updated: Apr 16, 2007) |
| Central Bayside Dietitian, Maria Nitsos, is presenting at the International Diabetes Institutes Annual Diabetes Symposium in May. The topic presented will be "Guided visualisation to help people overcome barriers to weight loss". More |
Publications for Dietetics
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Dietetics | 155 KB | English | 16/04/2008 |
