Currently, in Australia, it is estimated that around 12 million people, or 1 in 3 people, are overweight or obese, based on their body mass index (BMI). Carrying excess body fat can increase your risk of a number of chronic health problems including diabetes, cardiovascular/heart disease and various cancers.

By actively losing weight, particularly excess body fat, you can dramatically reduce your risk of developing these diseases and improve your overall health including optimising blood pressure, cholesterol levels and the need to take medications.

There are many different ways to lose weight and reduce excess body fat including:

• Adopting healthy eating practices and watching portion sizes
• Calorie-controlled meal plans
• Ketogenic diets (low carbohydrate)
• The 5:2 diet (includes two days of very low-calorie intake – ‘fasting’)
• Rapid weight loss programs
• Slow and steady weight loss programs

How can PPN dietitians help you on your weight loss journey?

Our dietitians are there to provide ongoing support and accountability to those seeking weight loss advice. We can help you to make healthy food and lifestyle choices and design tailored meal programs for you and your family that meet your weight loss goals. We will ensure your eating habits and food choices are nutritionally complete, to prevent vitamin and mineral deficiencies and provide your body with the fuel it needs to function at a high level.

Our goal is to help you not only lose body weight, but to reduce harmful levels of visceral ‘toxic’ fat while maintaining lean muscle mass. At each consultation we will complete a full body composition assessment to measure your levels of body fat, muscle mass, bone mass and metabolic age.

We are here to provide encouragement and motivation throughout your weight loss journey and help you to achieve the results you are after.