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Jiani Xu
Accredited Practising Dietitian
Accredited Nutritionist
Gillary Assedjian
Accredited Consultant Pharmacist
Credentialled Diabetes Educator
Angeline Stania
BBDiet Founder
Senior Accredited Practising Dietitian
Senior Accredited Nutritionist
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Margaret Cheung
Accredited Practising Dietitian
Accredited Nutritionist
Lexi Xiao Lan
Accredited Practising Dietitian
Accredited Nutritionist
Angeline Stania
Founder of BBDiet
Angeline is an internationally recognised Accredited Practising Dietitian & Accredited Nutritionist that inspires thousands of people to eat and live well.
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Prior to her masters degree in Nutrition & Dietetics, she has been working as a nutritionist in the healthcare industry for over 7 years. After graduating in 2012, she went on to start her own dietetics business - BBDiet (Back To Basics Dietetics) - a private dietitian practice that provides dietetic services to medical centres and residential aged care facilities across Brisbane and Gold Coast areas.
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Angeline's areas of strong interests are inflammatory conditions such as diabetes, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), cancer nutrition, arthritis, food allergies and intolerances, and women's health including Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), endometriosis, infertility, PMS, menopause as well as eating disorders and alcohol addiction. She believes that the body has the power to heal itself when given the right conditions. Being a mum herself, she also has a special interest in pregnancy and child nutrition.
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As a dietitian, Angeline is committed to delivering an exceptional dietetic service in consideration to client’s lifestyle including food preference, existing exercise routine and medical health status to meet their individual needs. Seeing people transform themselves through healthy eating and lifestyle changes gives her a great sense of satisfaction and keeps her motivated to continue to serve the community.
Languages spoken: English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Malay, Indonesian, Hokkien, plus other asian languages understood.
Lexi Xiao Lan
Accredited Practising Dietitian
Lexi is dedicated to helping others to achieve their health goals. With a passion for sharing her knowledge for making a healthy lifestyle not only achievable but also sustainable.
Lexi holds a Master of Nutrition and Dietetic Practice from Bond University and Bachelor of clinical medicine when she lived in China. The medical background enables her to have a profound understanding of chronic diseases. Her areas of interests are chronic disease management, weight management, diabetes management, renal disease management, cardiovascular disease management and gut health.
Lexi also believes that achieving good health is much more important than counting calories and the number on the scale. She understands that making lifestyle behaviour changes is not always simple. She is dedicated to working with her clients to understand her clients’ eating habits, lifestyle, cultural backgrounds, and social settings to provide practical personalised advice.
As a member of the Dietitian Australia, Lexi strives to enhance her knowledge and skills to provide high-quality, evidence-based client-centred care to improve each individual’s overall well-being.
Languages spoken: English and Mandarin.
Margaret Cheung
Accredited Practising Dietitian
Margaret is warm, enthusiastic, and compassionate. Her lived experience in living with and overcoming weight and disordered eating issues have given her genuine understanding and empathy to individuals with similar concerns. Now, she strives to empower others to achieve their health goals and build a healthy relationship with food by making gradual and meaningful lifestyle changes.
Margaret completed her Bachelors of Nutrition and Dietetics (Hons) from Queensland University of Technology. At present, she is doing her PhD with the aim to help individuals enhance their long-term health and nutrition after bariatric (weight loss) surgery. Her key areas of interest are in weight management and weight loss surgery, cardiovascular health, and disordered eating.
Margaret’s counselling approach is person-centred and motivating. She is dedicated to understanding her clients’ values and needs, and partnering with them to devise realistic strategies that are effective and sustainable. Through partaking in research and professional development activities, Margaret stays connected with the new advances and innovations in nutrition care to deliver high-quality services to her clients with excellence.
In her spare time, Margaret likes to go inline skating, exploring new restaurants, and dreaming about visiting a bunny or alpaca café someday. She also aspires to master indoor rock climbing in the future.
Languages spoken: English, Cantonese, Mandarin
Jiani Xu
Accredited Practising Dietitian
Jiani is passionate about assisting people with different cultural backgrounds in their abilities to self-manage their health and eventually achieve their nutrition and health goals.
Jiani completed her Bachelor of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences and Master of Dietetics Studies at the University of Queensland. Her areas of interest include chronic disease management, gut health, exercise nutrition and cancer nutrition. She is committed to continuous learning to provide evidence-based practice and improve professional skills throughout her career.
Jiani respects that everyone has different lifestyle, cultural background, and personal beliefs. She aspires to use client-centred counselling skills to work collaboratively with clients to create individualised health-promoting plans.
As a foodie Dietitian, she loves exploring various cuisines in her own time. She firmly believes that food provides nutrients to the body and also connects us to other people, the environment, and cultures.
Languages spoken: English, Mandarin, Cantonese.
Gillary Assedjian
Accredited Consultant Pharmacist
Diabetes Educator
Gillary completed her Bachelor of Biomedical Science, Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Science and Master of Pharmacy at Griffith University Gold Coast. After registering as a pharmacist in 2013, she worked in several community pharmacies across Brisbane and Gold Coast.
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Gillary then went on to complete post-graduate studies in Diabetes Education and Management with the University of Technology Sydney in 2018 and was awarded the title of Credentialed Diabetes Educator by the Australia Diabetes Educators Association in 2022. She also completed her accreditation with the Australian College of Consultant Pharmacy in 2022 which enables her to provide bulk billed Home Medication Reviews to all medicare card and DVA card holders in the comfort of their own home.
Diabetes is close to Gillary's heart as several of her loved ones including her own father are affected by this condition. She is passionate about her work and continually strives to keep learning, growing and challenging herself so that her clients receive the best care possible.
Languages spoken: English and Spanish.
To make an enquiry or book an appointment, please complete the booking form below or email angeline@bbdiet.com.au
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