Nutrisense offer individual appointments with dieticians that involve a nutrition assessment using appropriate assessment tools and management processes to determine the client’s health priorities. This assessment is designed to diagnose and prepare a suitable treatment plan that considers the person’s age, abilities, co-morbidities, injuries (acute or rehab), budget and communication skills.

Nutrisense offer treatment services for chronic health conditions, including:

• Obesity
• Diabetes (Type 1 and Type 2)
• Heart disease
• Cancer
• Gastrointestinal diseases
• IBS
• Crohn’s disease

Please visit the website or contact Nutrisense at Erindale Healthcare on (02) 6296 2266 for more information.

The Obesity Management Service (OMS) supports adults with a high level of obesity (Body Mass Index over 40kg/m2) to improve their health and wellbeing. The OMS focuses on those who are at high risk of developing complications from their obesity or those who already have limiting health problems. The OMS team includes doctors, nurses, dietitians, psychologists and exercise physiologists. The team works with adults to achieve a healthier lifestyle through group education, physical activity programs, strategies to support long-term self-management and improve social and emotional wellbeing.

The OMS accepts patients over the age of 18 who have been referred by their GP or medical specialist. 

Please visit the website or contact the OMS on (02) 5124 1552 or OMS [at] act.gov.au for more information.

ACT Health provides free, community-based healthy weight sessions regularly from Belconnen, Gungahlin, Woden and Tuggeranong Community Health Centres.

The sessions provide practical advice on diet, reading labels and understanding portion size.

Please visit the website or contact the Community Health Centre intake line on (02) 5124 9977 for more information.

Canberra Seniors Centre offers members a wide range of activities and information sessions, including:

• Computer classes
• Crafting
• Jazzercise
• Dancing
• Mahjong
• Painting
• Russian language
• Heart Health

Members can also just drop in and enjoy a cup of coffee or tea which is always available. Lunches are served regularly.

Please visit the website or contact the Canberra Seniors Centre on (02) 6248 9509 and cseniors [at] bigpond.com for more information.

Freya Woodhouse provides support with the education and management of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, pre-diabetes, gestational diabetes and diabetes in children and adolescents.

Her services include:

• Diabetes self-management education
• Education for health professionals
• Group consultations
• Home visits
• Individual consultations
• Insulin initiation
• Insulin pumps
• Medicine review

Please visit the website or contact Freya Woodhouse on (02) 6231 6446 and freya_ellen [at] hotmail.com for more information.

Woden Seniors provide a range of activities to members which are designed to suit a wide variety of interests and abilities. Activities available include:

• Table tennis
• Dancing
• Singing
• Recorder
• Painting and drawing
• Card games including bridge

They also offer talks and seminars on matters that are of interest to members, support and advice from a Community Worker on how to stay independent, a full range of kitchen facilities and a modest lending library and reading space.

The Club is open to those over 50 years.

Please visit the website or contact Woden Seniors on (02) 6282 2573 and admin [at] wodenseniors.org.au for more information.

InRange Diabetes provides support with the education and management of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, pre-diabetes, gestational diabetes and diabetes in children and adolescents.

Their services include:

• Diabetes self-management education
• Education for health professionals
• Group consultation
• Home visits
• Individual consultation
• Insulin initiation
• Insulin pumps

Please visit the website or contact InRange Diabetes on 0419 482 285 and isabel [at] inrangediabetes.com.au for more information.

The Cooking Circles project aims to reduce social isolation by building relationships between women and girls in the ACT.

Their activities and events include:

• Weekly lunches at Currie Crescent Community Centre, where each week a different ‘host’ leads the cooking with recipes close to her heart, teaching these to a group of 5 to 15 women
• Monthly in-home lunches and dinners, which run in the homes of different women in the Cooking Circles Canberra network and include a variety of cuisines

Please visit the website or contact Cooking Circles at cookingcirclescbr [at] gmail.com for more information.

Healthier Work works to assist workplaces to develop and implement programs, policies and practices that lead to healthier workplaces and ongoing employee healthy lifestyle changes in relation to being active, healthy eating, smoking reduction/cessation, reduced alcohol use and social and emotional wellbeing.

Healthier Work provides a variety of free resources and supports including:

• Free phone, email and onsite support
• A step-by-step guide to promoting health and wellbeing in the workplace
• Resources to support the implementation of healthy lifestyle programs and policies
• Free tools, including an online employee health survey and an organisational audit tool
• Links to workplace health and wellbeing providers
• Training and support mechanisms for workplaces

Please visit the website or contact Healthier Work on (02) 6207 3000 and healthierwork [at] act.gov.au for more information.

Anne Embry APD provides a range of quality, evidence-based advice, services and support on all aspects of nutrition with experience in food intolerances, food allergies, digestive disorders/FODMAPS, eating disorders and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS).

Her services include:

• Nutrition and dietary assessments
• Nutrition counselling
• Patient education
• Nutrition support

Please contact Anne Embry on 0415 482 881 and anne.embry [at] iinet.net.au for more information.