BECKY JONES - SPORTS DIETITIAN

Kia ora! I’m Becky, Specialist Sports Dietitian and the founder of The Performance Pantry.

Nutrition, science, sport and exercise were my favourite topics at school and that passion is still going strong, 30 years later! I love the interaction they have in health, and how it all comes together for peak performance. I have a background in competitive sport, and love learning about different sports and the evolving nutrition science. I grew up in the UK and moved to NZ over 15 years ago.

My qualifications:

• NZ Registered Dietitian

• SDA Eating Disorders in Sport

• ISAK Anthropometrist Level 2

• International Olympic Committee Diploma - Sports Nutrition

• Post Graduate Diploma Nutrition & Dietetics

• BSc Sport & Exercise Science

I often describe sports nutrition like a pyramid—starting with strong foundations and building tailored strategies as your goals and competition level progress. As a highly experienced Registered Dietitian, I combine evidence-based sports nutrition with contemporary approaches like intuitive eating and weight neutrality. My focus is on helping people fuel well and navigate the ever confusing messages around nutrition, weight, performance, and health.

Alongside running The Performance Pantry, I currently provide nutrition consultancy to elite athletes and organisations including High Performance Sport NZ, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Cricket Wellington, and Underwater Hockey NZ. I have been consulting to the high performance sports environment for 10 years and have worked with a large range of national athletes preparing and competing at the Olympics, Commonwealth Games, respective World Championships and Junior World events. I’ve also prepared and catered for a number of teams at training camps nationally and internationally. Outside of work, I love family life with my partner, two young children, and our dog, and enjoy running and biking around Wellington and beyond.

SPECIALIST AREAS:

• Fuel needs for, and during, training and within-day-energy balance

• High Performance Athlete Nutrition

• Dancers & Performing artists

• Swimming nutrition

• Endurance nutrition, including gastrointestinal issues during endurance training and events

• Support with low energy availability, REDs, disordered eating, eating disorders in sport and dance

• Nutrition education for the Athlete Support Team e.g. Coaches, Physio, Strength and Conditoning

Are You Ready to finally feel great, train better

AND perform to your potential?

Teams and Organisations:

• High Performance Sport NZ - National and Development athletes, 2016 - present

• Royal New Zealand Ballet, 2015 - present

• New Zealand School of Dance, 2016 - 2025

• Wellington Cricket (Firebirds & Blaze), 2022 - present

• Swimming New Zealand - Lead Performance Nutritionist - 2022 - 2025

• Underwater Hockey New Zealand, 2018 - present

• Central Pulse Netball Team, 2015 - 2020

• Hurricanes Super Rugby Team, 2016 - 2018

• Wellington Lions Rugby Team, 2013 - 2018

• Wellington Rugby Academy, 2013 - 2018
  

  Also consulted to: Surf LifeSaving NZ, Blackcaps & WhiteFerns (individual players), Te Auaha Dance students, NZ Rugby Sevens (individual players), Silver Ferns (individual players), NZ Football, Wellington Hockey, Wellington Athletics Development Squad, Wellington Waterpolo, STAR boating, Sport Wellington, Victoria University, sports academies, swim clubs, rowing teams, triathlon clubs, gymnastics clubs, schools and Sports Medicine Professionals

Recent Professional Development & Learning:

RAVES Nutrition model. ISAK Level 2 Qualification. Exercise induced Gastrointestinal Syndrome nutrition management. The Female Athlete Conference. Hormones, Health & Human Potential. Dr Nicky Keay Sports Endocrinologist - Dance Nutrition.

What clients say about working with me:

“I thought that I didn’t fit a category for Becky’s dietary help- or that I was too complex and not enough of an athlete. With a long-standing TBI, gastro conditions and fear around a change in eating I was overwhelmed at how to progress - but knew I needed to be better sustained. Becky put me right at ease and has been one of the best health professionals I’ve used (and there have been many!). Her primary concern is how I’m feeling and getting on, taking the focus off of REDs and feeling stuck with limited food groups. Purchasing a package of session has worked so well. She has been compassionate,  understanding my individual needs and has totally worked with where I am at. I’ve felt well guided with bite sized changes- getting closer to a nourished place and gaining confidence in food/drink choices to reach for- and hopeful for fuelling new adventures too.”

M Evans, horses and dogs, Hawkes Bay.