Welcome

Lara Jones is the founder of Diverse Dietetics and an Accredited Practising Dietitian.

Before becoming a dietitian, Lara spent more than 20 years working in hospitality. That background shaped the way she approaches nutrition today.

Food is not just nutrients on a page. It is family, routine, culture, budget, stress, appetite, memory, comfort, fatigue, flavour, and whatever is left in the fridge at 7:30 pm when everyone is tired.

Lara started Diverse Dietetics because she wanted to practise dietetics in a way that felt both clinically meaningful and genuinely human. She wanted the space to work with people properly — to listen, ask better questions, understand the context around their eating, and build nutrition strategies that are useful in real life, not just impressive on paper.

Her work focuses on helping adults make food feel more manageable, especially when health needs are becoming more complex. This may include metabolic health concerns, weight changes, GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic, Wegovy or Mounjaro, bariatric surgery, ADHD-related eating patterns, perimenopause, menopause, fatigue, stress, or years of confusing diet advice.

Lara also knows what it is like to live with an ADHD brain. Her own late diagnosis helped her make sense of why food, planning, routines, decision-making and everyday life admin can feel much harder than they “should”. This has shaped the way she works with clients — with less judgement, more curiosity, and a very practical focus on reducing friction.

Outside of dietetics, you will see a lot of succulents, random bits of nature that had to be brought back home, vintage finds from the 1950s to 1970s, and has what could fairly be described as an embarrassingly large cookbook collection. There is also an equally enthusiastic collection of vintage kitchenalia, because apparently one mixing bowl is never enough.

These details matter because nutrition consultations are personal. Clients are often asked to share a lot about their health, habits, routines, food struggles, medications, weight history, stress, and the parts of eating that feel complicated. Lara believes it is only fair that you get some sense of the person sitting on the other side of that conversation too.

Her approach is collaborative and realistic. She will not tell you to overhaul your entire life, become a meal-prep robot, or follow a plan that only works when everything else is going perfectly.

Instead, the work is about understanding your health, your routines, your appetite, your barriers, and your actual food environment then building strategies that are useful enough to repeat.

Diverse Dietetics is for people who want nutrition support that is sensible, personalised and evidence-based, without the guilt, fear, or wellness theatre.

Real food. Real life. Real change — backed by a dietitian.