Alicia Edge

Alicia Edge is an Advanced Sports Dietitian and the Co-CEO of Compeat Performance, a tech-enabled nutrition support service integrating behaviour change principles to enhance athlete performance and wellbeing.

Alicia leads nutrition support for Football Australia's Women's National Team, The Matildas, and their female performance pathway, with Compeat Performance holding the national nutrition support contract since 2019. Her expertise spans a multitude of elite sport from endurance to team sports, with her work in Football beginning at the Australian Institute of Sport in 2013, working within Football Australia’s Centre of Excellence Program.

Over the past five years, Alicia has led the development of a player screening and monitoring tool designed to track leading behaviour-centred risks impacting player availability. This includes low energy availability, relationships with food, environmental challenges, and mental capacity - providing proactive strategies to support athlete health and performance.

Alicia’s work is dedicated to redefining sports nutrition by shifting away from traditional weight and lag metrics to a more holistic, athlete-centred approach, ensuring footballers are fuelled for both physical and mental performance.