DST 123 Nutrition & Health

ND1 levelMedical & Health Sciences17 topics

DST 123 covers 17 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

Nutritional terms
Nutrients and chemical structure
Functions and utilization of nutrients
Functions of food in the body
Exclusive breastfeeding
Complementary feeding
Changing food needs across the life cycle
Growth monitoring
Factors affecting food choice
Food storage and preservation
Budgeting
Food hygiene
Supervision of food handlers
Role of government and communities in food supply
Nutritional requirements in specific conditions
Nutrient supplements
Diet preparation for the sick

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One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

Nutritional terms

Nutritional terms form the language of dietetics and are essential for interpreting food labels, dietary guidelines and clinical nutrition plans. Mastering definitions such as macro‑nutrient, micro‑nutrient, bioavailability, and dietary reference intakes enables students to answer exam questions accurately and to communicate nutrition concepts to patients and peers.

What you get for DST 123

Every topic above, split into sessions and dated against your exam.
Practice questions per session, with answers that explain themselves.
Offline reading — the whole course is a few hundred KB on your phone.
An AI tutor that answers questions using this course's own material.

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