Nutrition & Dietetics
Maddie Lawson, Dietitian

Maddie is an Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD) holding a Master of Dietetics and a Bachelor of Nutrition Science from Deakin University. She is also an Accredited Sports Dietitian with Sports Dietetics Australia (SDA).

Warm, approachable and empathetic, Maddie works with athletes and clients of all ages and abilities, with specialist interest in:

  • Sports Nutrition — individual and team sports, junior through to masters-level athletes

  • Eating Disorders

  • Improving relationship with Food

  • Neurodivergent Conditions — including ASD and ADHD

  • Gut Health — including Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

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  • Maddie's passion for sports nutrition took root in her late teens, when she began competing as a long-distance and track runner with Deakin University and Richmond Harriers. Through her own athletic journey, she witnessed first-hand the profound impact nutrition has on both performance and mental wellbeing — an insight that continues to shape her practice today.

    Since then, Maddie has built extensive experience across elite Victorian football, including:

    • AFLW Head Dietitian — Essendon Football Club (current)

    • VFL/VFLW Head Dietitian — Box Hill Hawks

    • AFL/AFLW Assistant Dietitian — Hawthorn Football Club & Geelong Football Club

    Maddie also brings a deeply personal perspective to gut health. Having navigated food intolerance and IBS herself, she understands how significantly digestive symptoms can affect quality of life — and uses that insight to guide clients through their own gut health journey in a practical, realistic way.

  • Maddie holds accreditations and memberships including:

    • Sports Dietetics Course — SDA

    • Inside Out Eating Disorder Accreditation

    • Monash FODMAP Training Course for Dietitians

    • ISAK Accredited Anthropometrist

    • Member of Dietitians Australia (DA), Sports Dietetics Australia (SDA), and the Australia & New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders (ANZAED)