Compassionate Nutrition Support for Weight & Eating Concerns
We are here to support you - not to judge you.
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. ”
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:
✔ 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
✔ Support for weight loss GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic, Wegovy, or Mounjaro
✔ Unintentional weight loss
If dieting, food rules, or "starting again on Monday" mentality has shaped your eating, it can be hard to know what ‘normal’ feels like.
Many people come to us hoping to lose weight, but are tired of restrictive diets, conflicting nutrition advice, and feeling like they've failed when a plan wasn't sustainable. Our role is to help you build a healthier relationship with food while supporting your overall health and wellbeing.
Our approach is weight-neutral. That means:
We don't pursue weight as the primary outcome
We focus on behaviours, health markers, and sustainable habits
We respect body diversity and individual circumstances
We move away from guilt, shame, and self-criticism as motivators
We support health-promoting behaviours regardless of body size
A weight-neutral approach isn't about ignoring nutrition or dismissing your goals. It's about applying evidence-based nutrition guidance in a way that is realistic, flexible, and sustainable for the long term.
Our goal is to help you feel more confident around food, more connected to your body's needs, and less consumed by thoughts about eating and weight.
Because lasting health isn't built through perfection — it's built through sustainable habits that fit your everyday life.
Our Weight-Neutral Approach
Helping You Rebuild Trust with Food
Meet Your Weight-Neutral Dietitians
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Caroline Worth
DIETITIAN
Specialising in:
* Adults & Teens
* Weight concerns (weight neutral approach)
* Disordered eating
* Emotional eating
* Breaking the dieting cycle
* Mindful and intuitive eating
* ACC (including SCS, TI and PMS)
Available via:
* Online (NZ wide) Mondays & Wednesdays
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Lauren Vodanovich
DIETITIAN
Specialising in:
* Adults
* Weight concerns (weight-neutral approach)
* Eating Disorders (eg anorexia, bulimia, binge eating)
* Emotional eating
* Disordered eating
* Mindful and intuitive eating
* ACC (including SCS, TI and PMS)
Available via:
* Mt Eden, Auckland clinic (Tuesdays 8am - 12pm)
* Telehealth (NZ-wide)
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Ada Cheung
DIETITIAN
Specialising in:
* Adults
* Weight concerns (weight neutral approach)
* Emotional eating
* Disordered eating
* Mindful and intuitive eating
* Neurodiverse individuals
* ACC (including SCS, TI and PMS)
Available via:
* Milford clinic, Auckland (by appointment)
* Online (NZ wide)
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Amy Lowry
DEITITIAN
Specialising in:
* ACC Clients only
* Weight concerns (weight neutral approach)
* Emotional eating
* Disordered eating
* Breaking the dieting cycle
* Eating disorders
* Mindful & intuitive eating
* Trauma-informed care
Available via:
* Dunedin (in-person)
* Online (NZ wide)
Looking for a Weight Loss Nutritionist?
If you're searching for a weight loss nutritionist, our NZ Registered Dietitians provide evidence-based nutrition support tailored to your individual goals.
Many people seek nutrition support because they're concerned about their weight, have tried multiple diets without lasting success, or want to improve their health and wellbeing. Others may be navigating life stages such as menopause, living with conditions like PCOS or diabetes, or using weight loss medications and looking for expert guidance.
If you're looking for a weight loss nutritionist, it's understandable to want an approach that delivers lasting results. While many diets promise quick fixes, they can be difficult to maintain and often leave people feeling frustrated, confused, or disconnected from their body's needs.
At ABC Nutrition, our NZ Registered Dietitians take a different approach. Rather than focusing on the number on the scales, we work with you to understand the bigger picture — including your eating habits, lifestyle, health concerns, relationship with food, and long-term goals.
Whether your aim is to improve your health markers, feel more confident in your food choices, or build sustainable habits, we'll help you find a realistic approach that supports your overall wellbeing.
How We Support You
✔ Understand your relationship with food
✔ Explore the "why" behind your eating patterns
✔ Create personalised strategies grounded in mindful and intuitive eating
✔ Focus on sustainable health behaviours, not weight-focused goals
✔ Challenge food rules and nutrition myths
✔ Practise gentle nutrition without dieting or restriction
✔ Navigate emotional eating with curiosity rather than judgement
✔ Rebuild trust in your body and food choices
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.
Using or considering a GLP-1 medication?
Our dietitians can help you maintain adequate nutrition, manage appetite or digestive changes and support your health without restrictive food rules.
FAQs
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Yes. Many people seek support from a dietitian because they're concerned about their weight or want to improve their health. Rather than prescribing restrictive diets, we focus on sustainable eating habits, nutrition, lifestyle factors, and overall wellbeing. For some people, this may result in weight changes over time, while for others the benefits may be improvements in energy, health markers, eating behaviours, and quality of life.
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, our Registered Dietitians 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.
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Absolutely. We welcome clients with a range of goals, including weight loss. Our role is to help you explore your goals, understand the factors influencing your eating habits, and develop sustainable strategies that support your health and wellbeing.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Yes. Our dietitian, Rachael Wilson, is an Eating Disorder specialist who has completed additional training. Rachael supports clients 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 will support your recovery alongside your care team.
Rachael is also trained in psychology and behaviour change, including motivational interviewing, CBT, and ACT.
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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.
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Yes. Our dietitians can provide nutrition support while you're taking GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic, Wegovy, or Mounjaro. We can help you maintain adequate nutrition, meet your protein requirements, manage side effects, and develop sustainable eating habits alongside your medication.
The New Zealand Dietitians Association urges all New Zealanders considering or currently using GLP-1 medications to seek nutritional supervision from a Registered Dietitian.
Working with a dietitian can help support you, especially if you notice:
Ongoing low appetite or skipping meals
Fatigue, dizziness, or reduced strength
Limited food variety
Gastro symptoms affecting intake
Working with a dietitian can help ensure your nutrition remains protective, adequate, and sustainable alongside medication.
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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.
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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
20 sessions is recommended to support clients on the road to recovery from an eating disorder
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.
