Jayanthi is our dietitian working at Cannington Medical Clinic providing professional expertise on nutrition, dietary counselling to all patients and medical nutrition therapy She can provide dietary consultations to you or to your entire family on food and nutrition to guide you to a better healthy lifestyle. As an accredited practicing dietitian, she is up-to-date with nutrition knowledge and possess credible nutrition information.

Jayanthi understands that’s there is no one-size-fits-all nutrition plans for every member of your family. For this reason, she can help prepare a customized diet plan based on your needs, your medical history, body requirements, and your lifestyle. She has experience in a range of clinical conditions and good understanding of diet & disease relationships. She has particular interest in weight management, diabetes- Type II, heart disease and dyslipidaemia, malnutrition/underweight, irritable bowel syndrome and low FODMAP diet, renal nutrition, oncology nutrition - dietary management for nutrition impact symptoms, stoma management, texture modified diets, vegan diets, gluten free diets and healthy eating for all age groups.

Her key areas of interest in paediatric nutrition are as follows:

• Breastfeeding advice and breastfeeding nutrition
• Eosinophilic Esophagitis
• Autism / ADHD
• Coeliac Disease
• Failure to Thrive/poor growth
• Fertility and pre-pregnancy nutrition
• Fussy Eating / Food refusal / Feeding Difficulties
• Food intolerances and allergies
• Gastrointestinal conditions – diarrhoea, constipation, colic/reflux
• General nutrition advice for all ages – infants, children, teens, adults

She would like to promote an education – and outcomes-based approach and make sure patients are assessed and evaluated regularly to review if programs are working for them. She encourages and motivate clients to achieve their goals.

The fees for clients on a GP management plan would be fully covered by Medicare and take the same amount of time as a private patient.