Nutrition and Dietetics

Women's and maternal health services  

Mater Nutrition and Dietetics

Dietitians with an expertise in women's health provide personalised nutrition assessment, education, support and guidance to women during all stages of:

• Pre-conception; including PCOS and improving fertility
• Pregnancy; including nutritious diets, managing weight gain, and managing diabetes in pregnancy
• Postnatal care; including advice for breastfeeding mothers and advice to get back into shape after pregnancy.

Women receiving care at the Mater Mothers antenatal clinic will be seen in this service through direct referral (no external referrals are accepted).

Mater Health and Wellness*

• Dietary advice for pre-conception, including Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
• Nutritional advice during pregnancy, including healthy weight gain
• Postnatal nutrition care
• Gynaeoncology services.

Paediatric services  

Mater Nutrition and Dietetics

No public services available.

Mater Health and Wellness*

• General nutrition for normal growth and development
• Gastroenterology e.g. reflux, constipation, diarrhoea, irritable bowel syndrome, coeliac disease and crohn's disease
• Medical e.g. faltering growth, iron deficiency, fussy eating, food refusal, weight management eating disorders including anorexia nervosa and tube feeding
• Food allergies and intolerances
• Multidisciplinary Paediatric Feeding Clinic
• Weight management.

Adult services

Mater Nutrition and Dietetics

• Modified ketogenic diets for epilepsy (must be referred by a neurologist)
• Gastroenterology e.g. coeliac disease, inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, liver disease
• Medical e.g. dietary management of heart disease and high cholesterol, Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, allergies and food intolerances, general nutritional assessments
• Nutritional issues encountered during cancer treatments
• Weight loss required prior to surgery or patients with significant co-morbidities.

Mater Health and Wellness*

• Weight management and bariatric surgery
• Chronic illness such as diabetes and heart disease 
• Gastrointestinal issues such as irritable bowel syndrome
• Nutritional issues encountered during cancer treatments
• Allergies and intolerances
• Modified ketogenic diets for epilepsy (must be referred by a neurologist)
• Chronic kidney disease (must have a renal specialist, however a GP can write the referral).