Dietetics and Nutrition
Dietitians work to assist people in understanding the relationship between food and their health. Dietitians can help individuals with their dietary choices to support their health, treat illness and disease.
This service is available to adults and paediatric in Casino and Surrounding Areas including but not limited to Kyogle, Woodenbong, Urbenville and Bonalbo.
Conditions we can assist with include:
- Enteral nutrition (tube feeding)
- Acute food allergy (life threatening)
- Paediatric feeding concerns
- Paediatric weight concerns
- Malnutrition/ unintentional weight loss
- Gastrointestinal disorders such as liver disease, newly diagnosed coeliac disease, pre/ post gastrointestinal surgery, inflammatory bowel disease
- Eating disorders needing short term support (the person must also have GP and mental health input for the eating disorder)
- Poor wound healing
- Palliative care nutritional support
- COPD
- Pregnancy (nutritional deficiencies, difficulty gaining weight)
Please note, if you are wanting support with general healthy eating, adult weight reduction, diabetes or another chronic disease, please consider the following services:
- Get Healthy NSW phone 1300 806 258 (free phone/ telehealth health coaching service)
- Speak to your GP for a referral to a private dietitian under a Team Care Arrangement
A referral from a GP, specialist or allied health professional is preferrable.
Hours: 8.00am – 4.30pm (Mon-Fri)
Contact: Phone (02) 6660 0610 Fax (02) 6660 0524
Location: 70B Canterbury St, Casino NSW 2470