Compassionate Support for Weight, Eating, and Body Concerns

We are here to support you - not to judge you.

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Embrace a non-diet, weight-neutral approach with support that helps you rebuild trust with food and your body - without restriction and shame.

“I stopped thinking about weight loss and began thinking that I was learning to change my life. ”
— Maria, 45
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Angela Berrill,

Founder & Dietitian

“Our experienced weight-neutral, non-diet NZ Registered Dietitians help you to rebuild trust with food and your body.

We offer gentle, evidence-based support to help you move away from rigid food rules, food guilt, and pressure to lose weight - and build a healthier, more peaceful relationship with food, your body, and your wellbeing.”

What We Can Help You With:

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✔ Emotional eating
✔ Comfort eating
✔ Binge-restrict cycles
✔ Cravings and food guilt
✔ Stress eating
✔ Body image concerns
✔ Fear of weight gain
✔ Chronic dieting fatigue
✔ Intuitive eating support
✔ Confusion from mixed messages in the media
✔ Health concerns without focusing on body weight

✔ Unpacking diet-culture mentality

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Meet Your Weight-Neutral Dietitians

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How We Support You

✔ Understand your relationship with food
✔ Explore the why behind your eating patterns
✔ Create personalised strategies based on mindful and intuitive eating principles
✔ Focus on incorporating health behaviours, not weight loss
✔ Debunk food myths and challenge restrictive food rules
✔ Support you through gentle nutrition - without dieting or restriction
✔ Help you rebuild trust in your body and food choices - without judgement

How It Works

1. Book your appointment

We'll connect you with a suitable dietitian for an online or in-person appointment.

2. Meet with your dietitian

Your dietitian will listen, understand your concerns and focus on matters to you.

3. Get your personalised action plan

Walk away with practical, achievable steps and tools that fit your lifestyle

4. Ongoing support

Regular appointments help to further fine-tune your goals and action plan, to ensure lasting results.

For more information about our service and how we can work together, head over to our nutrition consultation page.

FAQs

  • A weight-neutral approach focuses on health behaviours, improving your health, eating habits, and wellbeing without using weight, BMI or the numbers on the scale as a measure of success.

    Instead of aiming for weight loss, we focus on:

    • exploring your relationship with food

    • your emotions around eating

    • supporting mental and physical wellbeing

    • building sustainable nutrition habits

    This approach is particularly helpful if you’ve experienced chronic dieting, weight stigma, guild around food, or cycles of restriction and overeating.

    Weight may change, or it may not - but your health and wellbeing improve regardless.

  • At ABC Nutrition, our primary focus is your overall health, relationship with food and long-term health, not the pursuit of a goal number on the scale.

    However, we also understand that not one approach suits everyone.

    If you prefer a more traditional weight management approach, we have Registered Dietitians who can support you in a safe, evidence-based, and non-restrictive way.

    We will help you understand your goals, discuss the pros and cons, and work with you to find an approach that aligns with your values, health needs, and emotional wellbeing.

    You will never be judged or pressured into pursuing weight loss. You are in control of the direction of your journey.

  • That’s completely ok - most people are unsure at first.

    Many people feel conflicted - wanting a healthier relationship with food while also wishing for weight change.

    That’s completely normal.

    Our dietitians will help you explore your goals and feelings around weight in a compassionate, pressure-free environment. We will un-pack ‘diet-culture’ and get to the root of your desire for weight loss. Then together, you’ll decide which approach feels supportive and realistic.

    There is never any pressure to choose one approach over the other.

  • Yes. Our NZ Registered Dietitians are clinically trained to support all medical conditions, and we provide evidenced-based advice tailored to your specific health needs.

    We can help you manage health conditions without restrictive dieting, or harmful food rules

  • Yes. Many clients come to us experiencing emotional eating, stress or comfort eating, food guilt, binge-restrict cycles or long histories of dieting.

    We take a gentle client-centered approach to understand the reasons behind your eating patterns, help you reconnect with your hunger and fullness cues, and to build a more peaceful relationship with food and your body.

  • Yes. Our dietitian, Rachael Wilson, is an Eating Disorder specialist with extra training. She supports your recovery alongside your care team. Rachael works with Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge-Eating Disorder, and ARFID. She focuses on intuitive and mindful eating, using Health at Every Size™ and trauma-informed methods.

    Rachael is also trained in psychology and behaviour change, including motivational interviewing, CBT, and ACT.

  • Absolutely - all bodies are welcome.

    We practice weight-inclusive, respectful care and will never judge or shame you for your body size. Your comfort, safety and dignity are our priority.

  • Yes. All our dietitians, including those specialising in weight concerns, offer secure online video and phone consultations.

    You can work with us from anywhere in New Zealand.

  • This varies widely from person to person, depending on your goals, medical needs and your relationship with food.

    Many clients will find:

    • 2 - 4 sessions helps to create early momentum

    • 6 -10 sessions supports deeper behaviour change

    • Ongoing support (monthly or quarterly) helps maintain progress long-term

    Your dietitian will create a personalised action plan and support you as much - or as little - as you feel the need.

    We also offer a range of package options for ongoing support.

Rediscover food freedom and the joy of eating by working with our expert NZ Dietitians and nutritionists.

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