Madeleine Lawson – Dietitian and Nutritionist

Maddie has a specialist interest in:

• Sports Nutrition – individual and team sports, junior through to masters-level athletes
• Eating Disorders – Find our more about Eating Disorder Dietetics here.
• Neurodivergent Conditions – including ASD and ADHD
• Gut Health – including Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) – Find out more about IBS and Gut health here

Qualifications & Memberships

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)

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.

Outside the clinic, Maddie loves hitting the running trails, exploring new hiking routes, catching live music, and travelling.