CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet
Change your habits, change your life with the CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet
The CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet offers a scientifically backed approach to weight loss, combining tasty, high protein meal plans with intuitive online tracking tools.
Developed by experts at Australia’s renowned national science agency, the CSIRO, this program integrates the latest nutritional research with straightforward, practical guidelines.
This holistic program goes beyond what’s on your plate, focusing on behaviour change, promoting regular physical activity, and encouraging mindful eating habits to help sustain your success over the long term.
Do you have Extras Cover?
Peoplecare extras cover can help with the cost of certain weight loss programs such as the CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet
What does that mean? It means that if your doctor or other registered healthcare professional diagnoses you with a condition that needs a weight loss program to treat it, you might be able to claim back some of the costs with us.
Benefits are available for conditions or risk factors like:
- Coronary artery disease
- Joint health (arthritis & osteoporosis)
- Diabetes
- Mental health (stress & anxiety)
- Lung conditions (asthma, COPD)
- Weight management (obesity or malnutrition)
- Chronic pain (back pain)
- High blood pressure
- High blood cholesterol
- High blood glucose
- Poor diet
- Overweight
- Stress
- Smoking
These are just some examples, there are plenty of other conditions that you can claim health management benefits for. If you’d like more information, give us a call.
Approved weight loss program providers:*
We pay benefits towards membership fees only (no benefits for food or shakes)
- CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet
What you need:
- Extras cover
- To have served your 6-month waiting period
- A receipt showing the name of the patient, details of the program, date of payment and payment amount.
The following benefits are available under Peoplecare Extras covers:
| Product | Benefit | Limit (reset every financial year) |
|---|---|---|
| Premium Extras | 80% of the cost | $250 (per person) max $500 (per family) |
| High Extras | 70% of the cost |
$200 (per person) |
| Mid Extras | 60% of the cost | $150 (per person) max $300 (per family) |
| Simple Extras | 50% of the cost | $100 (per person) max $200 (per family) |
| Comprehensive Extras^ | 100% of the cost | $150 (single cover) $300 (all other covers) |
| Value Extras^ | 100% of the cost | $125 (single cover) $250 (all other covers) |
| Standard Extras^ | 100% of the cost | $100 (single cover) $200 (all other covers) |
^ Please note that Comprehensive, Value and Standard Extras are closed to new members.
Important Information: Waiting periods
You need to have extras cover and have served your 6-month waits to use these benefits. We pay benefits for approved programs to manage or treat a specific health condition. Under the Private Health Insurance Act, we can’t pay benefits for goods and services that are for the purposes of sport, recreation or entertainment (such as gym sports shoes).