Meet the Team

Leeanne Azzopardi provides a customised and integrated counselling approach to promote general good health and manage a range of more specific nutrition-related issues. Having completed a Bachelors Degree in Nutrition & Dietetics and a Bachelors Degree in Food Science and Nutrition, Leeanne combines dual qualifications with great skill garnered from her experience in clinical, community health and private practice, to translate the latest nutritional information into meaningful personalised nutrition interventions to assist and empower her patients to obtain long term results and improve their health and wellbeing. Leeanne believes in her non dieting approach to health and nutrition, having a special interest Women’s Health & Fertility, Weight management, Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes and Gastrointestinal health. Leeanne plays cricket for her local community, enjoys fitness, travelling to new places, experiencing new culture, trying new restaurants, being creative in the kitchen and enjoying a chat with friends over wine.

Maree is passionate about supporting and empowering individuals to improve their food choices and overall health and wellbeing through providing client-centred evidence-based education and developing customised nutrition plans. Her key areas of interest include but are not limited to chronic disease management (diabetes, cardiovascular health, weight management), gastrointestinal health and the non-diet approach. Maree understands the importance of providing care that is client-centred and incorporates a holistic approach to health to allow others to make sustainable life choices and achieve their individual goals.

As a dietitian, Rachel is passionate about fostering the relationship between nutrition, health and the pleasure of eating. She understands the importance of translating evidenced-based information into tailored advice so her clients can make sustainable and meaningful lifestyle choices. Her main areas of interest include diabetes management, allergy/intolerance and gut health including inflammatory bowel disease, coeliac disease and irritable bowel syndrome. Her passions extend out of the office and into the kitchen where she enjoys cooking up a storm! She loves going for runs and keeps her mind in tip-top shape spending plenty of time relaxing with a good book.

Felicity is passionate about empowering her clients to improve their overall health and wellbeing through providing individually tailored nutritional advice that encourages clients to make healthy lifestyle changes that are sustainable long term, leading to an overall happy and healthy life. Felicity is a lover of food and practices with a food first approach believing food is more than just nutritional goodness but that food should also be affordable, flexible and most importantly enjoyable. Felicity provides a holistic approach working closely with her clients to achieve their goals through increasing their confidence and nutritional knowledge whilst also providing motivation and encouragement throughout her clients’ journey to optimal health and wellbeing. Her main areas of interest include women’s health, gastrointestinal issues, diabetes, weight loss, food allergies and intolerances. Outside of work, Felicity enjoys socialising with family and friends over wine and dinner, walking and playing with her pet dog Olie, who she is absolutely obsessed with! and experimenting with food and flavours in the kitchen to create delicious recipes.

Rebecca has a passion for simplifying nutrition to empower and support people. She believes ‘healthy’ does not mean perfection. Instead, to achieve good nutrition it is about setting realistic goals and taking small steps to create sustainable changes. Rebecca provides nutritional information to her clients that is simple, practical and flexible. She is committed to getting to know her clients to create personalized plans which enables them to live their fullest and healthiest life. Her main areas of interest are chronic disease prevention and management, including cardiovascular disease and diabetes, irritable bowel syndrome and weight management. Outside of work, Rebecca can be found in the kitchen testing out new recipes, throwing dinner parties, going for hikes or painting.

Lydia is committed to providing high-quality nutrition care to individuals of all ages and backgrounds in a holistic, compassionate and patient-centred manner. She is passionate about empowering individuals to improve their health and wellbeing through providing evidence-based and tailored nutrition advice, as well as setting goals with patients which are realistic and sustainable for the long-term. Her interest areas are chronic disease prevention and management (including diabetes, cardiovascular health and weight management), gastrointestinal health (including Irritable Bowel Syndrome and the FODMAP diet), women’s health and aged care. Outside of the clinic, Lydia enjoys staying active, experimenting in the kitchen, learning Spanish and spending quality time with friends and family!

Elizabeth (or Liz if you prefer) loves helping clients find ways to meet their health goals through targeted, practical and individualized nutrition advice. She believes that understanding the ‘why’ as well as the ‘what’ helps to motivate clients to implement positive and sustainable nutrition habits to support short- and long-term wellbeing. Liz is passionate about maximizing clients’ quality of life when living with chronic conditions, whilst other areas of interest include weight management, gut health and irritable bowel syndrome. Overall, she takes great delight in seeing the positive outcomes clients experience through evidence-based nutritional therapy. In her downtime Liz enjoys experimenting in the kitchen, getting out and about with friends, travel (especially exploring new food scenes), anything involving music (including some pretty average singing & dancing) and keeping a watchful eye on the latest nutrition advice in the popular media.