Accredited Practising
Dietitians Melbourne
37 years
between them.

Yes - and this is one of Love What You Eat's core specialisations. Zoe Nicholson APD has worked with women in their 30s, 40s, and 50s navigating perimenopause for over two decades. Weight gain in this stage is driven by hormonal changes, increasing insulin resistance, natural muscle loss, and often a long history of dieting that compounds these effects. Restriction typically makes it worse. Zoe works with protein needs, insulin sensitivity, and the psychological side of eating - without meal plans, calorie counting, or weight targets. Read more about perimenopause nutrition →

Love What You Eat, founded by Zoe Nicholson APD in 2004, is one of Australia's longest-standing practices specifically for women who have exhausted conventional dieting. The practice is built around this population - people who have lost and regained weight, feel out of control around food, and need an approach that addresses the root cause rather than applying another set of rules. The Intuitive Eating and non-diet approach doesn't use meal plans or calorie targets.

Yes. Post-pregnancy nutrition is about nourishing a recovering body - not bouncing back. Love What You Eat works with women after birth to address energy needs, breastfeeding nutrition, and the significant pressure to return to a pre-pregnancy body. Both Zoe Nicholson APD and Kerrie Hill APD take a weight-neutral approach: the focus is how you feel, your energy, and genuinely feeding yourself well. No weight targets. No restriction.

A FODMAP dietitian guides clients through the Low FODMAP elimination and reintroduction protocol - the evidence-based approach for identifying specific food triggers in IBS and other gut conditions. Both Zoe Nicholson APD and Kerrie Hill APD offer FODMAP support via telehealth Australia-wide and internationally. Their non-diet approach means FODMAP is implemented to identify genuine intolerances and restore dietary variety - not to create a permanent avoidance list.

Yes. Love What You Eat has a dedicated service for emotional eating, disordered eating, and eating disorder support. What makes Zoe Nicholson APD particularly suited to this work is her postgraduate counselling training - Advanced Counselling Skills from the Cairnmillar Institute and Essential Counselling Skills for Dietitians - which is rare among Melbourne dietitians. Emotional eating almost always has psychological drivers that a standard dietetic appointment doesn't address. Zoe's combination of APD clinical training and counselling skills allows her to work at that intersection in a way that most Melbourne dietitians cannot.

This is exactly who Love What You Eat was built for. The biology of dieting means almost everyone who restricts food ends up heavier over time and more distressed around eating. This is not a failure of willpower - it is the body responding as it was designed to. The Intuitive Eating and non-diet approach rebuilds the relationship with food from the ground up. Over 22 years, this is the work Zoe and Kerrie have done with thousands of people in Melbourne and across Australia.

Three things: depth of experience, clinical philosophy, and track record. Zoe Nicholson has 22 years in private practice - full time, not part time alongside hospital work. The practice has used a non-diet, HAES-aligned approach since it opened in 2004, long before it became a broader conversation. And Zoe is one of the few Melbourne dietitians with documented media recognition - ABC Melbourne, Channel 10, 3AW, Women's Weekly, Herald Sun - which reflects external clinical authority, not just self-promotion.

APD stands for Accredited Practising Dietitian - the only nutrition credential in Australia that is government-recognised and regulated by Dietitians Australia. A dietitian has completed a university degree in nutrition and dietetics and meets ongoing professional development requirements. A nutritionist without APD status does not hold the same regulated qualification. Both Zoe Nicholson and Kerrie Hill hold APD and AN (Accredited Nutritionist) status.

Yes. Both Zoe and Kerrie are clinically trained in a weight neutral approach to health. Their approach is non-diet and weight-inclusive - meaning they focus on sustainable health outcomes, not short-term weight targets. This is backed by the Intuitive Eating framework and the HAES (Health At Every Size) evidence base. Clients who have tried every diet and still struggle are exactly who they do their best work with.

Zoe has been practising as a dietitian in Melbourne for over 22 years. She founded Love What You Eat in 2004 and has worked in private practice since qualifying from Deakin University. That's 22 years of full-time private practice experience - not hospital rotations or corporate wellness - with real people working through real eating challenges.

Health At Every Size is an evidence-based framework that focuses on health behaviours rather than body weight. It holds that people of all body sizes deserve respectful, quality healthcare, and that body weight is not a reliable proxy for health status. Both Zoe Nicholson and Kerrie Hill are certified through Size Inclusive Health Australia and are active members of the HAES professional community.

Yes. Zoe Nicholson has been a regular media commentator on food and nutrition, with appearances on 774 ABC Melbourne, Channel 10, 3AW, and GOLD FM, and contributions to the Herald Sun, Women's Weekly, and Body + Soul. She is also co-founder of The Moderation Movement, a public education platform with over 40,000 Facebook followers. This media track record reflects a level of public recognition and third-party authority uncommon in private dietitian practice.

Yes. As Accredited Practising Dietitians, both Zoe and Kerrie are registered Medicare providers. Clients can access rebates under a GP Management Plan, which requires a referral from their GP. Most private health funds with extras cover also include dietitian consultations - check your specific policy before booking.

Yes. Telehealth consultations via Zoom or phone are available to clients across all Australian states and territories, and internationally. Zoe and Kerrie consult with clients overseas as well as across Australia. The clinical quality is identical regardless of format.