We strive to provide you with specialised nutrition advice in a simple, easy to follow plan to suit your lifestyle. We specialise in weight management, chronic disease management, gastric banding, food allergies and intolerances, irritable bowel syndrome, pregnancy and infant nutrition.
Our dietitians use the latest scientific research to provide you with up-to-date evidence based practice. Located in Mackay, we understand the challenges of varied work rosters and lifestyles (including living and working at mines) and are ready to develop a realistic personalised eating plan to suit your current lifestyle.
So no matter what your goals or nutrition concerns may be, let us help you improve your health and achieve your goals with healthy eating and good nutrition.
Monique Dunkley – Principal Dietitian
Monique Dunkley, an accredited practising dietitian, is the principal dietitian of Dietcare Mackay. Since graduating from Queensland University of Technology with a Bachelor of Health Science in Nutrition and Dietetics, Monique now has over 10 years experience working in private practice. Her philosophy on nutrition is the 80/20 rule; eat healthy 80% of the time and unhealthy 20% of the time. Having three young children, Monique is especially interested in women’s and childhood nutrition. On a personal note, Monique enjoys making healthy meals for her family and ensuring they all have a well balanced and colourful diet.
Dietcare offer a range of services, including Aged Care, Corporate Nutrition, Individual Consultations and Nutrition Services.
Aged Care
Our qualified dietitians are experienced in providing aged care facilities with advice on nutrition related matters for residents, staff and food service provisions. We can provide your aged care facility with a complete nutrition and dietetic consultancy service, including:
- Individual consultation (includes assessment, interventions and nutrition care planning)
- Nutrition support (including advice for oral supplements and enteral and parenteral feeding regimes)
- Menu reviews (includes assessment of menu and recommendations for quality improvement)
- Staff training and in-service
Corporate Nutrition
We provide corporate and community nutrition packages to Mackay and the surrounding areas. We can deliver one off nutrition presentations or a workshop style series of presentations to meet your needs, all in the convenience of your workplace. Our practical and interactive presentations cover topics such as:
- General healthy eating
- Healthy eating for the heart
- Nutrition for weight loss
- Healthy eating for shift workers
- Diabetes management
- Childhood nutrition (available for childcare, kindergarten, primary school and high school)
Individual Consiltations
The first consultation will last for approximately 60 minutes, during which the dietitian will ask you questions about your medical history, dietary and exercise habits, cooking, shopping and lifestyle, as well as discuss your current health and dietary goals. We will also take your weight and some basic body measurements (if required), so we have baseline figures to guide your future goals. From this, we will develop personalised eating guidelines or a healthy eating plan (depending on client preference) that is practical and achievable. At the end of the consultation you will have a dietary plan to help achieve your lifestyle or medical goals that you can put into practice immediately. At this time, the dietitian will also discuss whether review consultations will be required.
Review visits will last for between 20 and 30 minutes and are usually between 1 – 4 weeks apart, depending on individual needs. Managing your eating and health usually involves ongoing care, therefore most people will benefit from more than one consultation. Your dietitian will discuss a management plan with you, including the number of reviews recommended. At review visits, the dietitian will monitor your progress, provide further education to help you achieve your goals and discuss any further changes you may need to make.
Nutrition Services
Our qualified accredited practising dietitians (APD) can help you with all your nutritional needs and questions, ranging from disease-specific medical diets to general healthy eating. We provide expert evidence-based medical nutrition therapy to ensure you are receiving the best care possible. Our dietitians offer a professional, enthusiastic attitude to all clients, while ensuring you are provided with the skills and knowledge to manage your nutrition needs.
We provide services for:
Weight management
- Weight reduction
- Weight gain
- Gastric banding
Medical diets
- Heart disease & Cholesterol
- Diabetes
- Impaired glucose tolerance
- Kidney disease
- Hypertension (high blood pressure)
Gastrointestinal Health
- Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
- Food intolerances (e.g. lactose intolerance)
- Food sensitivities
- Coeliac disease
- Fructose malabsorption (FODMAPs)
- Poor digestion (symptoms include bloating, reflux, constipation, diarrhoea, flatulence etc.)
Women’s Health
- Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
- Pre-conception nutrition
- Pregnancy
- Lactation nutrition
Childhood Nutrition
- Fussy eating
- Food allergy & intolerances
