Dietitians are qualified to diagnose eating disorders and design diets to treat specific medical conditions. They work in community health, hospitals, aged care homes, and private practice.
Nutritionists deal with general nutritional aims and behaviours. Nutritionists are often employed in schools, hospitals, cafeterias, long-term care facilities, and athletic organizations.
Tracy is a Gamilaroi woman and founder of Wattleseed Nutrition, Health and Wellbeing. She is a freshwater woman, with a matrilineal line of descent to the Barwon River region in North-West New South Wales.
Tracy blends modern permaculture design principles, community and public health nutrition with nutrition counselling, science and therapies together with Indigenous knowledges and philosophies. She understand the value and significance of ancestral and traditional food systems and foods. She advocates their positive impact on culture, food security, health and wellbeing for Indigenous Australians.
In 2013, deciding to be a part of the change she wanted to see, Tracy combined her passion for Indigenous health and wellbeing and love of food and commenced her studies in Nutrition and Dietetics. During this time, she also conducted an embedded honours project on the cultural safety of a chronic disease self-management program for Indigenous Peoples residing in Gympie, Queensland.
In April 2019, Tracy commenced PhD studies, researching Indigenous food sovereignty and food security for Indigenous Peoples of Australia. Tracy has since taken leave from the PhD so that she may focus 100% on her business and support grassroots, community based projects, work and action.
Tracy Hardy