Fiona MacDonald
Sustenance Solutions
About
At Sustenance Solutions, your dietitian takes pride in offering personalised care for every client. Taking the time to listen to, and understand each unique story, we work with you to develop individualised strategies to get you where you want to be with your eating and lifestyle habits. Fiona does not offer a magic pill or miracle diet, but offers compassionate, non-judgmental counselling that works towards simple and sustainable strategies that can be easily incorporated into your lifestyle.
Fiona provides behaviour change counselling in combination with nutrition education to assist clients to manage their weight in a physically and emotionally healthy way. Fiona works with the Health At Every Size (HAES) approach, which is a weight-neutral and Non-Diet Approach to body shape and size, putting a focus on improving healthy behaviours rather than focussing on body size and the number on the scales.
Approach: Compassionate, non-judgmental, holistic; uses behaviour change counselling, nutrition education, food skills development, and healing food relationships. HAES and Non-Diet Approach practitioner. Evidence-based and client-centred.
Weight Loss Approach
Health At Every Size (HAES) and Non-Diet Approach; weight-neutral, focusing on improving healthy behaviours rather than body size or scale number. Uses behaviour change counselling combined with nutrition education for sustainable, simple strategies. Compassionate and non-judgmental; does not advocate fad diets.
Offers bariatric surgery support (listed as a specific service under Weight Concerns). Also supports unintentional weight loss clients to prevent/treat malnutrition, correct muscle wastage, and assist healing post-surgery.
Areas of Expertise
Pricing
Medicare Rebates
Location
Sustenance Solutions
Multiple locations (see below)
Multiple Locations
[object Object], [object Object], [object Object], [object Object]
Qualifications
Memberships
- Dietitians Australia
Rebates & Insurance
Medicare
Medicare rebate available under a Chronic Disease Management Plan (CDMP) or Eating Disorder Management Plan (EDMP) referral from a GP. Rebate of $60.35 per session (client pays full fee upfront, rebate submitted at time of consult). No referral required for private health insurance claims.
DVA
Yes. DVA Gold Card holders do not pay for appointments. Home visits may be available for DVA-eligible clients. GP referral required before first visit.
Private Health
Most private health funds accepted; clients advised to contact their fund for rebate details. No referral required for private health fund claims.
Referral
No referral required for self-funded or private health insurance appointments. GP referral required for Medicare CDMP/EDMP rebates and DVA.
Book a Consultation
Initial consult is 45 minutes. A complex consult option of 1 hour is available for complex eating disorders, disabilities, or clients with multiple diet-related health concerns.
Medicare rebate available with GP referral
Other Weight Loss Dietitians in Queensland
Hannah Louise Slattery
Glow Dietetics
Mid-life women's health and nutrition · Perimenopause and menopause · Gut health and IBS management · Coeliac disease and food intolerances
“APD Hannah Slattery, 14+ yrs experience, specialises in gut health & mid-life women's nutrition in Toowoomba. Offers evidence-based, compassionate support for IBS, menopause, weight, bariatric & GLP-1 needs.”
Kimberley Ann Davis
Good Nutrition For Life
Healthy eating and general nutrition advice · Non-diet approach / Intuitive eating · Health at Every Size (HAES) · Cardiovascular disease (high cholesterol, heart disease, high blood pressure)
“Kimberley Davis APD & AN, owner of Good Nutrition For Life (est. 2013) in Brisbane Bayside, specialises in HAES, non-diet approach, diabetes, GI health, bariatric surgery, and more.”
Fiona Louise Willer
Health, Not Diets
Eating disorders (EDO) · Women's health · Weight-neutral/non-diet approach · Size-inclusive practice
“Dr Fiona Willer (PhD, AdvAPD) trains health professionals in weight-neutral, non-diet approaches. She does not offer weight loss consultations to individual clients.”
Wai Chi Kwan
Soul Fruitful Dietetics (心研營養)
Weight management (weight loss and gain) · Diabetes (Type 1, Type 2, gestational, insulin-dependent) · Cardiovascular disease (high cholesterol, high blood pressure) · Fatty liver
Paula Packer
Lime Nutrition
Midlife & menopause nutrition · Metabolic health · Weight management · Overweight and obesity
“APD Paula Packer specialises in midlife & metabolic health for women — covering weight, muscle, bone, insulin resistance, and chronic disease through evidence-based, personalised nutrition care.”
Courtney Donovan
Little Health
Paediatric nutrition (babies, children, adolescents) · Fussy/picky/selective eating · Weight management (overweight, underweight, weight maintenance) · Gastrointestinal disorders (constipation, coeliac disease)
“Courtney Donovan is an APD specialising in paediatric nutrition and disability on the Gold Coast. She offers mobile and telehealth services for children, teens and young adults, including NDIS participants.”