Our dietitians deliver personalised, evidence-based nutrition support tailored to your individual needs. The focus is on practical, sustainable dietary changes that support long-term improvements in health, wellbeing and everyday performance.
The initial appointment is an information-gathering session. Our dietitians will ask you about your health, specific goals, any medical investigations and your current eating and lifestyle patterns. Together, we will put together a plan for future sessions to help you achieve your goals.
Review sessions are essential for ongoing improvement. We will provide support to implement strategies that help you navigate challenges and support you in making positive and sustainable changes to enhance health and quality of life. We will tailor the number and frequency of review sessions according to your individual health needs and progress.
Check with your GP or Private Health Fund to see whether you are eligible for rebates.
Our approach focuses on building sustainable eating habits that support optimal health and wellbeing – both physical and psychological. Our dietitians use evidence-based nutrition strategies tailored to your beliefs, tastes, preferences, and desired method (i.e. food-based, VLED [shakes], pharmacological, surgery). By addressing the root causes of weight gain, we support our clients in achieving healthier lives and reducing the risk of chronic conditions.
Our dietitians help with nutrition advice for allergies and intolerances, fussy eating, poor growth and eating disorders. We recognise that eating issues affect the whole family and work with you to find strategies that are practical, effective and suited to your family dynamics and routines.
For some, diabetes remission is the goal, while for others, it is managing blood glucose levels to delay or prevent complications. Our dietitians can provide support suited to your individual needs.
We will provide further information soon about a comprehensive program our team is developing aimed at increasing the likelihood of diabetes remission.
Our dietitians can help manage cardiovascular disease through personalised nutrition strategies to improve heart health. By focusing on balanced eating and sustainable lifestyle changes, we can help you reduce risk factors such as high blood pressure and cholesterol. Our team is committed to guiding you on a journey to a healthier heart and better overall wellness.
Our dietitians can assist you with managing gastrointestinal symptoms for conditions such as Coeliac disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Gastrointestinal Oesophageal Reflux Disease and Inflammatory Bowel Disease. We can work with you to optimise your gut bacteria for improved physical and mental health.
If you are pregnant, planning to fall pregnant or breastfeeding, our dietitians can provide you with the necessary support to optimise the health of you and your baby.
Our dietitians can offer compassionate support and collaborate on devising a tailored plan to enhance health and improve your PCOS symptoms.
Our dietitians work with you to improve your relationship with food and your body through a person-centred approach. Key areas include intuitive eating, lifestyle changes and strategies to improve your nutrition and body image.
Performing at your best requires good nutrition for your body. Whatever your fitness or sports-related goals, we can assist you with exploring how nutrition can optimise your results. This can include individualised race or game day plans. We also provide dietetics to the Newcastle Knights.
Ethos Health paediatric dietitian Jane Watson and Let’s Eat Feeding Therapy speech pathologists offer a combined paediatric feeding clinic. The private feeding clinic is for fussy eaters who require a multidisciplinary approach.
We provide nutrition services to NDIS participants with self-managed or plan-managed funding. Our dietitians can create or review a plan to meet your nutrition needs, including tube feeding plans. This may also include training family, friends or carers to support meal planning and preparation if your disability means you cannot do this on your own. Our nutrition plans are developed collaboratively and with consideration to individual needs and circumstances. We are no longer able to provide services to NDIS participants with agency-managed funding.
We provide services to individuals requiring nutrition support covered under insurance claims. Our aim is to help individuals optimise their nutrition-related health to support quality of life, mobility, health and wellbeing.
We provide services to individuals with workers’ compensation funding. Nutrition can play a crucial role in recovering from workplace injury and/or managing nutrition-related issues resulting from workplace injury.
The Ethos Health Clinic, located in Newcastle, NSW, is our Centre of Excellence, where our Accredited Practising Dietitians offer in-person sessions. Telehealth sessions (video or phone) are also available. Our clinic is conveniently located within 5 minutes of Hamilton, Broadmeadow, Carrington, Islington, Maryville, Tighes Hill and Mayfield.
A dietitian applies the science of food and nutrition to support your health and wellbeing. At Ethos Health, our dietitians can help by:
In Australia, there is a difference between a dietitian and other nutritional health providers, including nutritionists. The main difference is the qualifications required.
To become a dietitian, an accredited dietetics degree must be completed. This provides a strong scientific foundation and supports an evidence-based approach to nutrition and health.
It is important to note that some dietitians may also refer to themselves as nutritionists; however, nutritionists without a dietetics qualification cannot use the title of dietitian.
A dietitian is defined as:
A professional who applies the science of food and nutrition to promote health, prevent and treat disease and optimise the health of individuals, groups, communities and populations.
No. You can make an appointment with a dietitian with or without a referral.
Ethos Health Dietitians can provide support for a wide range of health and nutrition concerns, including but not limited to:
Your first consultation is focused on gathering information to better understand your individual needs. This includes a comprehensive dietary assessment (usually completed through a computer-based review), an understanding of relevant clinical and lifestyle factors and discussion around your expectations and goals.
Your dietitian will review your eating patterns and discuss what you would like to achieve from your appointments. At the end of your first session, you will leave with a personalised action plan outlining the first steps towards improving your nutrition.
If relevant, it can be helpful to bring any recent test results or specialist reports related to the reason for your appointment, as well as a list of your current medications and/or supplements.
You may also choose to keep a food diary for a few days or up to a week before your appointment; however, this is not essential. A food and symptom diary can be particularly helpful if you are seeking support with food allergies or intolerances.
Before your appointment, we will also provide a pre-consultation questionnaire to help identify areas of interest and plan your sessions.
Yes. Ethos Health Dietitians offer both telephone and video consultation options.
The number of sessions required depends on the reason for your appointment, as well as the level of counselling and support you may need. Your dietitian will work with you to determine the most appropriate approach for your individual goals and circumstances.
If you have been provided with a Medicare referral from your GP under an Eating Disorders Management Plan or Chronic Disease Management Plan, you may be eligible for a Medicare rebate.
Yes. Private health insurance rebates may be available depending on your level of cover. We recommend checking your eligibility directly with your health fund.
