Active Eight’s Accredited and Practising Dietitian helps your infant, child or teen to nourish their body and treat any underlying health conditions through nutrition therapy and education.
Active Eight is a hub for therapy, community and fun. We’re staffed by capable, experienced therapists with an interest in supporting children and young people to improve their relationship with food and fluids. We enjoy inspiring and encouraging young people and their families, and celebrating progress.
Our Brisbane paediatric dietitians can help children dealing with a food allergy, fussy eating, weight concerns, irritable bowel syndrome, feeding difficulties, digestive problems and more. We also provide expert dietary advice for parents to help them give their child proper nutrition support. Through our holistic approach, our accredited practising dietitians will help your child eat properly, healthily and happily.
You’re guaranteed a warm welcome at our Brisbane Hub, a bright, colourful space that encourages a sense of hope, fun and community. Book an appointment today!
Careful food choices provide the appropriate nourishment for your infant, child or teenager’s growing body and brain, nurturing their physical, social and psychological development.
Our dietitian is trained in Sequential Oral Sensory (SOS) Feeding Therapy, and implements this approach with a combination of play based and educational elements during sessions. We provide patient centred care using easy-to-understand (and implement) advice and support to achieve a balanced diet based on internationally recognised health guidelines and the latest scientific research.
Therapy sessions take place in our Hub in Toowong, in the home environment or through telehealth. We accept Medicare, NDIS and private health rebates.
Nutritional assessment
Growth patterns
Blood tests
Medical conditions
Dietary history
Social/environmental factors.
Discussion
Exploring the relationship between your child’s health or social challenges and their diet.
Personalised nutrition therapy
Individual nutrition therapy plan based on best-practice nutrition evidence and guidelines.
Monitoring and evaluation
Assessing progress, overcoming challenges and adjusting as necessary.
Additional support
Developing knowledge and skills that enhance the relationship with food and result in improved health outcomes.
Food nourishes at every age and is particularly important between infancy and adolescence. Careful food choices help to nourish a child’s growing body and brain while a healthy diet also supports their social and psychological development.
There is a complex and dynamic relationship between food and health, and particularly the gut and the brain, which varies with each individual. Dietary choices and patterns and the ongoing relationship between an individual and their food have a significant influence on growth, development and both prevention and management of various health conditions and chronic diseases.
Young people who live with disabilities often experience a greater risk of nutrition-related health concerns, due to challenges with food access, meal preparation and consumption, and sensory challenges with different colours, textures, smells and temperatures.
Australian society can be considered an obesogenic environment – a place where it is easy for people of any age to become overweight and develop other health conditions. Sugary, high-fat foods and snacks in appealing packaging are easily available almost everywhere and portion sizes tend to be larger than necessary. Young people are most at risk of unhealthy food choices due to lack of nutrition education and the saturation of unhealthy food advertising in society.
Gastrointestinal issues (constipation, diarrhoea, IBD, IBS and Coeliac disease)
Cystic fibrosis
Complex chronic conditions
Gastro-oesophageal reflux
Tube feeding
Capacity building in meal planning and preparation.
Anaemia and other nutrient deficiencies
Overweight and obesity
Poor growth, underweight and malnutrition
Food allergies and intolerances
Disordered eating and eating disorders
Neurological conditions (autism, anxiety, ADHD, depression etc)
Diabetes and insulin resistance
If you’re looking for a Dietitian for your infant, child or teenager in Brisbane, then we’d love you to join the Active Eight community. To us, therapy is about building motivation, skills, confidence and community so your child can enjoy all that life has to offer.
