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Dietetics

A Dietitian can help you maintain and improve your health and wellbeing, and prevent illness through good nutrition.  A Dietitian can translate scientific information about nutrition into practical dietary advice.

Quick links

  • How can our dietitians help?
  • When to see a dietitian
  • Information to download
  • Related links
  • Professional registration
 

How can our dietitians help?

Our Dietitians will identify the cause of your difficulties and recommend practical solutions for:
  • weight management (gain or loss of weight)
  • maintaining balanced nutrition and hydration (food and fluid intake)
  • understanding nutritional information, such as interpreting food labels
  • managing and/or reducing chronic illness (eg: diabetes, heart disease, coeliacs, cancer)
  • shopping for a healthy menu​
 

When to see a Dietitian

If you are experiencing any of the following, a Dietitian may be able to help.
  • Weight loss or gain
  • A restricted diet eg gluten free, vegetarian, dairy free.
  • High cholesterol
  • Heart burn (reflux)
  • Managing Type II Diabetes (high blood sugar levels)
  • Bowel issues/persistent stomach upset; cramps, loose bowel motions or constipation
  • Wounds that won’t heal
  • Easily broken bones (brittle bones)
  • Iron deficiency
  • Tube feeding difficulties
 

Information to download

Dietetics Brochure
 

Related links

Coeliac New Zealand
Diabetes New Zealand
Healthy Food Guide
HealthInfo search "healthy eating information"
 

Professional Registration

Our Dietitians are registered with the Dietitians Board of New Zealand
Conditions caused or affected by diet
  • Obesity (overweight)
  • Malnutrition (underweight)
  • Dehydration
  • Hyperlipidaemia (high cholesterol)
  • Diabetes
  • Food allergies and intolerances eg Crohn's and Coeliac Disease
  • Dysphagia (difficulty eating and drinking)
  • Osteoporosis
  • Pressure areas eg bed sores
  • Heart attack
  • Asthma
  • Emphysema
  • Bronchitis
  • Anxiety and stress
  • Stroke (CVA)
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Dementia
  • Motor Neurone Disease
  • Huntington's Disease 
  • Muscular Dystrophy
  • Intellectual Disability
  • Developmental Delay
  • Chromosomal Disorders eg Down syndrome
  • Autism
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Cancer
  • ADHD
  • Depression
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Physiotherapy
Speech-Language Therapy
Music Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Dietetics
Phone: (03) 377 5280
Email:   [email protected]
Hours:  8:30am-4pm, Monday-Friday
Office: 12 Coronation St, Christchurch 
Postal address: PO Box 7807,
​                             Christchurch 8240
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