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Nutrition Basics

Nutrition Basics

Last Reviewed: 31 Oct 2025

When working with people with eating disorders, it is essential that you have sound understanding about nutritional information. You are not expected to be an expert in this area and it is important to work alongside a dietitian, however having sound nutrition knowledge is essential.

This course provides foundational nutrition information from the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating, which outlines the principles for healthy eating for the general population.

The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating provides a good basic level of knowledge, to build on and fine tune when working with people with an eating disorder.

This course is not a course for Dietitians, but is rather a course containing general nutrition principles for other professionals working with people with an eating disorder.

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