How our dietetics service can support you

Nutrition is often complicated enough – we help you make it simple again and fit for your everyday life. Important to know: As we are a primary care centre, dietetics here is part of the overall medical care. An appointment is therefore only possible after an internal referral by our medical practitioners.

Here are the areas in which we accompany you:

• Weight management: Achieving your comfortable weight without crash diets and without guilt.

• Blood glucose & metabolism: Support for insulin resistance or elevated blood glucose levels.

• Cardiovascular health: Positively influencing cholesterol and blood pressure through diet.

• Eating behaviour & cravings: When you want to bring clarity and peace back into your decisions.

• Intolerances & digestive issues: Together, we will find out what you tolerate well.

• Special life stages: Nutrition during pregnancy, lactation, or menopause.

• Sports & performance: Support for energy, recovery, and targeted muscle building.

This is how your journey to dietetics works

In 4 simple steps to your dietetics appointment:

1. Medical consultation: First, discuss your concerns during your next appointment with our medical practitioners. If necessary, they will issue the required referral for dietetics.

2. Booking an appointment: You can only book your appointment with the dietetics service once medical clearance has been given.

3. The first appointment: We start with an overview: What is your goal, what stresses you, what is already working well? After a detailed medical history (anamnesis), we look at your habits, your rhythm, and potential triggers.

4. Preparation: If you want to prepare optimally, keep a food diary for at least 7 days beforehand. You can find a template in our download section.

What you can take away with you

Because no one should have time for unnecessary stress with food:

• More energy in everyday life, without eating becoming a mammoth project.

• Easier decisions when shopping and cooking.

• Concrete ideas for meals, snacks, and portion sizes.

• Flexibility: The ability to shape your nutrition independently in the future.

Click here to visit the website of our dietitian Birgit Barilits.

Quick immediate tips to get you started

You can do this right now. Promised, it helps!

• Protein check: Include a good source of protein with every meal; this keeps you satiated for longer.

• Basic planning: Plan a simple base that you can vary, instead of thinking completely anew every day.

• Hydration routine: Drink regularly throughout the day. Often, thirst is mistakenly interpreted as hunger.

• Well-being focus: Eat so that you feel good afterwards – not so that you have to justify yourself afterwards.

Official information & sources

Here you will find further details on the occupational profile and the legal regulations in Austria:

• Dietitian occupational profile: Entry on gesundheit.gv.at

• Austrian food pyramid: Recommendations of the Ministry of Health

• Legal basis (MTD-Gesetz): Federal Legal Information System (RIS)

• Professional association: Diaetologie Austria (Professional Association of Dietitians)

Next step: Simply mention the topic of nutrition during your next visit to the centre. If there is a medical necessity, we will issue the referral directly so that we can build a realistic path forward together.