Nutrition and Dietetics for Children

Healthy eating for children and their families.

What we provide:

Our dietitian can give you professional advice on healthy eating for children and their families. We use individual consultations to discuss your child’s eating concerns, their nutritional needs and to provide ongoing support for children aged from 6 months – 18 years.

We can help your child with:

• infant feeding and introducing solids
• growth concerns
• fussy or selective eating
• iron deficiency anaemia
• vitamin D deficiencies
• constipation

We can offer your family advice about:

• food selection
• shopping, including reading food labels and budgeting
• cooking
• recipe ideas and modifications.

After receiving support from our dietitian, parents report that they feel more confident and have more relaxed and positive mealtimes.

Our services are:

• free (for clients in the Priority Access Group). See our fees page for more information.
• culturally-sensitive
• tailored to children
• part of the holistic children’s health services offered at North Richmond Community Health, including children’s Speech Pathology and children’s Occupational Therapy.
• available in languages other than English.

Arranging Nutrition and Dietician services

Parents or or carers can engage a Paediatric Nutritionist or Dietician for their child directly. The following professionals can also make a referral for our services:

• • Paediatrician
  • Maternal and Child Health Nurse
  • General Practitioner
  • Kindergarten Teacher
  • Preschool Field Officer
  • other professionals involved in the child’s care.

Making a referral:

1. Download our referral form: Referral Form – Child Health and Development

2. Email the form to intake@nrch.com.au or post it to:

North Richmond Community Health
23 Lennox St
Richmond, VIC 3121

Eligibility

Your child may be able to access our services through the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Click here to read the eligibility requirements. Talk to our Service Coordination Worker to see if you or a family member is eligible.

Interpreters

Telephone and on-site interpreters can be arranged in any language at no cost to you.

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)

The NDIS can also help pay for services for young children who need help with their health and development. If your child gets this help while they are under six years old, it could mean they need less help later. Find out how we can help your child under the NDIS scheme here. 

North Richmond Community Health’s Nutrition and Dietetics service is supported by the Victorian Government.