Optimise Nutrition Darling Downs
www.optimisenutrition.com
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Welma Joubert is an Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD), returning to clinical practice after 10 years in the role as Director of Nutrition and Dietetics in Darling Downs. She is practical, solution focussed, engaging and brings with her over 20 years of experience and a strong commitment to providing best practice in dietetic services. A Health At Every Size (HAES®) approach is supported.
Weight, size, or BMI is not used as proxies for health; and a flexible, individualized eating is promoted, based on hunger, satiety, nutritional needs, and pleasure, rather than any externally regulated eating plan focused on weight control. Services incorporate contemporary health coaching strategies to assist clients in setting achievable, meaningful goals. Clinical outcomes is aimed at valid biochemical measures, physical function measures and health behaviour measures to more accurately record health status than BMI alone.
Approach: Practical, solution-focused, engaging, motivational, patient-centred. Uses health coaching strategies and collaborative goal-setting.
Health At Every Size (HAES®) approach. Weight, size, or BMI are not used as proxies for health. Promotes flexible, individualised eating based on hunger, satiety, nutritional needs and pleasure rather than externally regulated eating plans focused on weight control.
Uses collaborative goal-setting and contemporary health coaching strategies. Clinical outcomes are measured via biochemical, physical function and health behaviour measures rather than BMI alone.
Bariatric Surgery Support
Post-bariatric surgery dietary review and support offered.| Service | Fee |
|---|---|
| Financial Hardship | Financial hardship assistance available – contact the practice. |
| Review Consultation - Duration | 30 minutes |
| Review Consultation - Total Cost | $75 AUD |
| Review Consultation - Gap Payment | $20–$30 AUD (depending on Medicare or private health benefits) |
| Initial Consultation - Duration | 45 minutes |
| Initial Consultation - Total Cost | $120 AUD |
| Initial Consultation - Gap Payment | $60–$80 AUD (depending on Medicare or private health benefits) |
Medicare Rebates
Medicare provider. Gap payments apply: $60–$80 for initial consult, $20–$30 for reviews. Medicare rebates available (EPC/Chronic Disease Management plan implied). Eating Disorder Medicare item numbers also referenced.Optimise Nutrition Darling Downs
Toowoomba Medical Centre, 146 Drayton Road, Harristown QLD 4350
Multiple Locations
Primary clinic at Toowoomba Medical Centre, 146 Drayton Road, Harristown QLD 4350. Also has an office at 20 Quail St, Rangeville QLD 4350.
Memberships
Medicare
NDIS
DVA
Private Health
45-minute initial consultation. Includes detailed nutritional health assessment covering physical, medical, dietary, social and lifestyle factors. An individualised nutrition care plan is developed with goal setting and strategies to achieve nutritional goals.
Medicare rebate available with GP referral
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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.”
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.”
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.”
Enteral nutrition and tube feeding (PEG, NGT, blenderised tube feeds) · Malnutrition and nutritional rehabilitation · Cancer nutrition · Texture-modified diets and dysphagia
“Andrew Thompson is an APD (6 yrs experience) providing mobile dietitian services across Logan, Ipswich & Redlands. Specialises in enteral nutrition, gut health, chronic disease & GLP-1 weight management support.”
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.”
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.”