Digestive & Metabolic Health

Weight issues affect individuals across diverse demographics, impacting both physical and mental well-being. Whether you're seeking to shed excess weight or maintain a balanced weight, understanding the principles of effective weight management is essential.

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Our resources provide up to date knowledge on weight loss medication, sustainable strategies for weight control, healthy nutrition, and lifestyle modifications. Explore evidence-based tips and expert advice to navigate the complexities of weight issues and achieve lasting success.

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Lifestyle Medicine GP
East Melbourne
, VIC

Dr. Kafayat Lee

Dr Lee is passionate about her patients achieving the best health possible by empowering them to make positive lifestyle changes.
Areas of interest:
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Dr Marny Royans

Marny is a GP and medical educator with over 15 years’ experience in Australian healthcare. A Fellow of the RACGP with additional training in lifestyle medicine, she brings a compassionate, evidence-based approach to care. Guided by her interest in lifestyle medicine, psychology, behaviour change support, and chronic disease management, Marny takes a whole-person approach to supporting her patients. As a mother of four, she understands the realities of balancing health, identity and family, and is passionate about helping women create sustainable change through menopause telehealth consults, private lifestyle consultations, group programs and workshops.
Areas of interest:
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Naturopath
Piara Waters
, Western Australia

Di Hill

Functional Medicine Practitioner - Di Hill is a Perth-based Clinical Naturopath (BHSc), Functional Medicine Practitioner, and Accredited Health Coach offering online consultations across Australia. Drawing from both professional training and personal experience with chronic health conditions, Di brings a compassionate, whole-person approach to care. Her practice combines the latest evidence-based strategies with a holistic perspective to support lasting, meaningful health outcomes across all dimensions of wellbeing.
Areas of interest:
Telehealth
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Dietitian
Middle Park
, VIC

Lorraine Gaffney

I provide a nutrition and dietetic service through my online functional nutrition clinic NutritionFx. I am passionate about reducing chronic disease and supporting overall health with individualised and tailored nutrition & lifestyle plans. A fundamental philosophy at NutritionFx is to use food & nutrition therapy to protect the liver, feed the gut and support the brain. My main areas of interest are weight loss, obesity, insulin resistance, diabetes, glucose imbalance, PCOS, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease/metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, cardiovascular disease, high cholesterol, hypertension and the overall prevention of chronic disease.
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Melbourne - South
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Sharon Curtain

Sharon is a Dietitian and HCANZA Accredited Health and Wellness Coach. Passionate about the difference health coaching makes to client outcomes and the effectiveness of a health professional’s consultation, Sharon trains health professionals to become Health Coaches in her business Accredited Health Coaching Australia and as a lecturer in the James Cook University Lifestyle Medicine Qualification.
Areas of interest:
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Functional GP
Pymble
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Dr Chris Chappel

Dr Chris Chappel is a very experienced and specialised Functional Medicine GP with special interests in reversing diabetes, weight loss, mental health and gut issues.
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Sydney - North Shore
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Telehealth
Dr. Kafayat Lee
Lifestyle Medicine GP
Telehealth
,  
TE
42.65111
13.97756
East Melbourne
,  
VIC
-37.81292
144.98572
Melbourne CBD
,  
VIC
-37.8142
144.96333
Dr Lee is passionate about her patients achieving the best health possible by empowering them to make positive lifestyle changes.
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NDIS
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Telehealth
Dr Marny Royans
Lifestyle Medicine GP
Telehealth
,  
TE
42.65111
13.97756
Marny is a GP and medical educator with over 15 years’ experience in Australian healthcare. A Fellow of the RACGP with additional training in lifestyle medicine, she brings a compassionate, evidence-based approach to care. Guided by her interest in lifestyle medicine, psychology, behaviour change support, and chronic disease management, Marny takes a whole-person approach to supporting her patients. As a mother of four, she understands the realities of balancing health, identity and family, and is passionate about helping women create sustainable change through menopause telehealth consults, private lifestyle consultations, group programs and workshops.
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DVA
NDIS
Telehealth Only
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Telehealth
Di Hill
Naturopath
Telehealth
,  
TE
42.65111
13.97756
Perth
,  
WA
-31.95126
115.85805
Piara Waters
,  
WA
-32.12492
115.91812
Functional Medicine Practitioner - Di Hill is a Perth-based Clinical Naturopath (BHSc), Functional Medicine Practitioner, and Accredited Health Coach offering online consultations across Australia. Drawing from both professional training and personal experience with chronic health conditions, Di brings a compassionate, whole-person approach to care. Her practice combines the latest evidence-based strategies with a holistic perspective to support lasting, meaningful health outcomes across all dimensions of wellbeing.
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DVA
NDIS
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Telehealth
Lorraine Gaffney
Dietitian
Melbourne CBD
,  
VIC
-37.8142
144.96333
Middle Park
,  
VIC
-37.85092
144.96158
South Melbourne
,  
VIC
-37.83437
144.95566
I provide a nutrition and dietetic service through my online functional nutrition clinic NutritionFx. I am passionate about reducing chronic disease and supporting overall health with individualised and tailored nutrition & lifestyle plans. A fundamental philosophy at NutritionFx is to use food & nutrition therapy to protect the liver, feed the gut and support the brain. My main areas of interest are weight loss, obesity, insulin resistance, diabetes, glucose imbalance, PCOS, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease/metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, cardiovascular disease, high cholesterol, hypertension and the overall prevention of chronic disease.
lifestyle-medicine, musculoskeletal, diabetes, heart-disease, insomnia, integrative-medicine, chronic-disease, nutrition, obesity, gut-issues, ibs, metabolic-health, weight-management
Dietitian
DVA
NDIS
Telehealth Only
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Telehealth
Sharon Curtain
Health Coach
Telehealth
,  
TE
42.65111
13.97756
Sharon is a Dietitian and HCANZA Accredited Health and Wellness Coach. Passionate about the difference health coaching makes to client outcomes and the effectiveness of a health professional’s consultation, Sharon trains health professionals to become Health Coaches in her business Accredited Health Coaching Australia and as a lecturer in the James Cook University Lifestyle Medicine Qualification.
chronic-fatigue, anxiety, chronic-disease, chronic-pain, depression, diabetes, weight-management, heart-disease, lifestyle-medicine, mental-health, obesity, preventative-health
Health Practitioner
DVA
NDIS
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Telehealth
Dr Chris Chappel
Functional GP
North Shore Sydney
,  
NSW
-31.3985
152.9012
Pymble
,  
NSW
-33.74568
151.14319
Dr Chris Chappel is a very experienced and specialised Functional Medicine GP with special interests in reversing diabetes, weight loss, mental health and gut issues.
leaky-gut-syndrome, anti-aging, anxiety, autoimmune-conditions, depression, diabetes, weight-management, functional-medicine, gut-issues, ibs, mental-health
GP
DVA
NDIS
Telehealth Only
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Telehealth
Susan Phillips
Dietitian
South Brisbane
,  
QLD
-27.48236
153.02153
Sunnybank
,  
QLD
-27.57452
153.05511
Susan is an Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD) and Accredited Nutritionist (AN) with 25 years experience working as a dietitian in the public and private sector as well as university teaching and research. As a working parent of three children, Susan understands the pressures operating in a busy lifestyle, to provide nutritious foods that are also well accepted by all members of the family and within a budget. Susan holds a passionate interest in helping clients with chronic medical conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, arthritis, weight management and IBS to meet their health goals. Susan is also interested in the areas of aged care, disability and children‚'s nutrition.
lifestyle-medicine, diabetes, arthritis, hypertension, nutrition, ibs, weight-management
Dietitian
DVA
NDIS
Telehealth Only
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Telehealth
Anna-Klara Skarp
Health Coach
Telehealth
,  
TE
42.65111
13.97756
Balmain
,  
NSW
-33.85754
151.18106
Sydney
,  
NSW
-33.86873
151.20695
West Sydney
,  
NSW
-33.85489
151.0247
I’m a practising registered nurse with a background in critical care, and an accredited, certified health coach with a deep passion for women’s wellbeing. I’ve spent years supporting people through moments of uncertainty — and I’ve seen firsthand how powerful it is when women feel informed, heard, and cared for.
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Health Practitioner
DVA
NDIS
Telehealth Only
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Digestive & Metabolic Health

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Gut Health

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IBS

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Leaky Gut Syndrome

Metabolic health

Nutrition

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Obesity

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How to achieve effective weight loss

In this blog, we will delve into the diverse approaches available in Australia's weight loss landscape, including the role of medical weight loss and the effectiveness of a personalised strategy, including the use of weight loss medication.

Weight Loss Programs and Products Recommended by Australian Dietitians

Weight loss programs and products can be a helpful way to lose weight, but it is important to choose a program or product that is safe and effective for you. There are many different weight loss programs and products available, so it can be difficult to know where to start.

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Healthy Gut Australia

A 26 week program designed by expert dieticians to help get your gut health back on track with personalised health guidance, supportive community and tracking application for your progress.
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Healthy Habits

Used to track health goals and links to GPs. The Healthy Habits app lets you access information to improve your lifestyle and provides an easy way to show GPs your progress.
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Get Healthy

6 month confidential online and phone coaching supported by NSW Health to help you improve your lifestyle by making changes.
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FoodSwitch

Foodswitch allows you to scan and view the nutrition profiles of food on the go to see how it affects your diet.
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Simple Innovation

Period Tracker and Calendar is an extremely easy to use app that helps women track their periods, cycle, ovulation and conception days. Whether you're worried about conception, birth control, contraception, or having regular periods Period Tracker and Calendar app can help.
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Rise and Recharge

Long periods of sitting (sedentary behaviour) increases our risk of developing heart disease, type 2 diabetes and some forms of cancer. Use this app to help you to become chair aware and reduce sitting time.
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Calorie Counter

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Carb Manager

Live a low-carb high-fat diet lifestyle. Log each meal in seconds, even by taking a picture of what you ate. Also includes articles, forums, recipes, meal planners and a community with weekly challenges. You can also upgrade to the subscription version to track blood glucose and insulin values.
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Monash FODMAP Diet

The Monash University FODMAP app includes general information about the FODMAP diet and IBS, as well as tutorials on using the app and following the 3-Step FODMAP diet. It features a Food Guide with a 'traffic light system' to indicate FODMAP content in hundreds of foods, a list of certified low FODMAP branded products, and over 70 low FODMAP recipes. The app also allows users to create shopping lists, add notes to foods, and record food intake, IBS symptoms, bowel habits, and stress levels in a Diary, which aids in FODMAP reintroduction. Additionally, the app provides options to adjust units of measurement and enable colour blindness assistance.
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FODMAP Friendly

The FODMAP Friendly Certification Trademark identifies low FODMAP packaged foods to help manage IBS symptoms. The FODMAP Friendly App, created by an accredited dietitian, provides evidence-based information from a NATA accredited laboratory in a user-friendly database.
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Monash University FODMAP diet

Assists in the management of symptoms related to Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Helps create diets and shopping lists to manage symptoms with a note taking function on how certain foods affect you.
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CHC Medical

CHC Medical offers online and offline health consultations for a range of services such as women and mens health, preventative health care and mental health.
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Eat for Health

Australian dietary guidelines. Advice about the amount and kinds of foods that we need to eat for health and wellbeing.
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Noom

Through a combination of psychology, technology, and human coaching, our platform has helped millions of our users meet their personal health and wellness goals.
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Yuka

Scan the barcodes of food and personal care products and instantly see their impact on your health.
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MyFitness Pal

Scan barcodes, personal dashboard, intermittent fasting, expert backed recipes, digital community.
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FAQs

How can I maintain weight loss long-term?

Long-term weight management involves maintaining a balanced diet, regular physical activity, ongoing support, and mindful eating habits. Specialists can provide continuous guidance, monitor your progress, and adjust your plan as needed to help you sustain your weight loss over time.

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What are the most effective weight loss treatments available?

Effective weight loss treatments include personalised diet plans, regular exercise, behavioural therapy, medication, and, in some cases, surgical interventions like bariatric surgery. A specialist will work with you to determine the most suitable approach based on your health needs and weight loss goals.

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What are the common challenges in weight loss, and how can a specialist help?

Common challenges include slow metabolism, emotional eating, hormonal imbalances, and difficulty maintaining healthy habits. Specialists can help identify the root causes of your weight struggles and develop tailored strategies, including meal planning, exercise routines, and behavioral therapy, to overcome these challenges.

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