| Hypervitaminosis in Children (DNB 1996/1)12 | 60 | 1996 |
| Daily nutritional requirements as recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) in infants and children (DNB 2010/1)5+5 | 60 | 2010 |
| Metabolism of fat absorption along with role of MCT in nutrition (DNB 2003/1)15 | 61 | 2003 |
| What is Complementary Feeding? Discuss the feeding problems in first year of life (DNB 2005/1)5+5 | 61 | 2005 |
| How would you assess the nutritional status of a child whose age is not known (DNB 2005/1)10 | 61 | 2005 |
| Describe the attributes of complementary feeding. What is the safe age of introduction of complementary feeding in your opinion - Justify. Describe some foods appropriate for complementary feeding (DNB 2008/2)10 | 61 | 2008 |
| Define complementary feeding. Outline the attributes of complementary foods. Enumerate the Recommendations on complementary feeding, as per the National guidelines on Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) (DNB 2010/2)2+2+6 | 61 | 2010 |
| Outline the nutritional support of a critically ill child. List the complications during management of such a child (DNB 2012/1)7+3 | 61 | 2012 |
| Enteral feeding in the sick child (DNB 2014/1)4 | 61 | 2014 |
| Nutrition in a critically sick child (DNB 2020/1)5 | 61 | 2020 |
| Dietary advice for a one year old child (DNB 2022/1)5 | 61 | 2022 |
| Parameters of Infant and Young child feeding practices (IYCF) (DCH 2024/1)5 | 61 | 2024 |
| Anti-infective properties of Human milk (DNB 1995/2)10 | 61 | 1995 |
| Differences in the composition of Milk secreted by mothers delivering Term and Preterm babies (DNB 1996/2)10 | 61 | 1996 |
| Bioactive factors in Human Milk (DNB 1998/1)15 | 61 | 1998 |
| Discuss the physiology of Breast Milk secretion and advantages of breast feeding with special reference to metabolic aspects. What are the causes of lactation failure (DNB 1999/1)25 | 61 | 1999 |
| Enlist the problems of breastfeeding and outline the management of the same (DNB 2005/1)4+6 | 61 | 2005 |
| Explain the occurrence of low prevalence of Hypoglycemia and iron deficiency anemia in breast fed infants (DNB 2005/1)10 | 61 | 2005 |
| How would you assess the adequacy of breast milk for a 2 months old baby? Enumerate 4 features of good attachment of a baby to the breast. What can be the problems with poor attachment (DNB 2006/1)10 | 61 | 2006 |
| Compare the composition of human milk with cow's milk. Outline the difference in the milk composition of a mother with a premature neonate from that of a term neonate. Describe the immunological factors present in human milk (DNB 2008/2)10 | 61 | 2008 |
| Human milk banking. Criteria for donors, collection and storage (DNB 2017/1)3 | 61 | 2017 |
| Nutritional composition of human milk (DNB 2021/1)5 | 61 | 2021 |
| Physiology of lactation (DNB 2021/2)5 | 61 | 2021 |
| What is human milk bank, enumerate its indications (DNB 2019/1)5 | 61 | 2019 |
| Human milk banking (DNB 2019/2)5, (DNB 2021/1)5, (DNB 2022/2)5, (DNB 2023/1)5, (DCH 2024/1)5 | 61 | 2019 |
| Breast Milk Banking (DNB 2020/1)5 | 61 | 2020 |
| Importance of Human milk banking (DNB 2020/2)5 | 61 | 2020 |
| Milk banking (DNB 2024/2)4 | 61 | 2024 |
| a) Clinical signs and symptoms of refeeding syndrome b) How will you manage such a case? (DNB 2015/2)7+3 | 63 | 2015 |
| Refeeding syndrome (DNB 2018/1)5, (DNB 2023/2)5 | 63 | 2018 |
| Refeeding Syndrome: When to suspect? How to prevent it and its management (DNB 2024/2)3 | 63 | 2024 |
| Discuss the influences of malnutrition on mental functions in relation to its onset, severity and type of functional losses with supportive advances (DNB 1993/1)25 | 64 | 1993 |
| Prevention of hypocalcaemia in PEM (DNB 1993/1)15 | 64 | 1993 |
| Biochemical changes in PEM (DNB 1996/2)10 | 64 | 1996 |
| Immunological changes that take place in PEM (DNB 1998/2)10 | 64 | 1998 |
| Age independent Anthropometric criteria for assessment of PEM (DNB 2006/1)5 | 64 | 2006 |
| Management of a 4-year-old child with grade 4 PEM (DNB 2007/2)10 | 64 | 2007 |
| Outline the initial management (in first 48 hours) of a 2-year-old severely malnourished child (weight 5.5kg) who is cold to touch and has edema and poor peripheral pulses (DNB 2008/1)10 | 64 | 2008 |
| Discuss biochemical and metabolic derangements in a child with severe malnutrition. Discuss factors associated with high mortality in severe PEM (DNB 2008/2)10 | 64 | 2008 |
| Outline the 10 steps of management of severe malnutrition, as per WHO guidelines, in appropriate sequence (DNB 2010/2)10 | 64 | 2010 |
| Define 'Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM)'. Outline the tools for its diagnosis in the community and discuss their merits/demerits (DNB 2012/1)2+4+4 | 64 | 2012 |
| Enlist the clinical and anthropometric criteria for diagnosis of Severe Acute Malnutrition(SAM). Discuss the principles of management of SAM in an 18 months old baby who also has watery diarrhea (DNB 2013/1)3+7 | 64 | 2013 |
| What are the different growth charts? Discuss the WHO growth chart. What is SAM (Severe Acute Malnutrition)? How do you manage a child with SAM? (DNB 2014/1)2+2+2+4 | 64 | 2014 |
| Diagnostic and management of Moderate acute malnutrition in community (DNB 2017/2)5 | 64 | 2017 |
| Reductive adaptation in SAM (DNB 2017/2)4 | 64 | 2017 |
| Management of SAM (DNB 2017/1)5, (DNB 2016/2)10 | 64 | 2017 |
| a) What is Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) b) What are clinical signs of SAM? c) Management of SAM in a 1-year-old child weighing 5 kg (DNB 2019/1)2+2+6 | 64 | 2019 |
| Nutritional recovery syndrome in SAM (DNB 2019/1)5 | 64 | 2019 |
| Intergenerational cycle of malnutrition (DNB 2020/2)5 | 64 | 2020 |
| Pathogenesis of edematous malnutrition (DNB 2021/1)5 | 64 | 2021 |
| Tabulate classification of malnutrition as per WHO criteria. Describe management of a 1-year old girl with severe acute malnutrition and acute diarrhea (DNB 2021/1)4+6 | 64 | 2021 |
| Rehydration Solution for Malnourished Children (ReSoMal) (DNB 2021/2)5 | 64 | 2021 |
| Outline the management of 2 year old conscious child with Severe Acute Malnutrition having diarrhea with severe dehydration (DNB 2022/1)5 | 64 | 2022 |
| Definition and epidemiology of double burden of malnutrition (DNB 2022/2)5 | 64 | 2022 |
| Prevention and treatment of hypoglycemia in severe acute malnutrition (DNB 2022/2)5 | 64 | 2022 |
| Outline the 10 steps of management of SAM as per WHO guidelines (DNB 2023/1)7 | 64 | 2023 |
| Describe F-75 diet (DNB 2023/1)3 | 64 | 2023 |
| Enlist the criteria for diagnosis of SAM in < 6months (DNB 2023/1)5 | 64 | 2023 |
| Pathophysiology of severe acute malnutrition (DNB 2023/2)5 | 64 | 2023 |
| Principles of management of child with severe acute malnutrition (DCH 2024/1)5 | 64 | 2024 |
| Define severe acute malnutrition (SAM) (DNB 2024/2)2 | 64 | 2024 |
| Describe management of SAM (DNB 2024/2)5 | 64 | 2024 |
| Approach to a child with obesity (DNB 1999/1)15 | 65 | 1999 |
| Define obesity in childhood. List the causes of obesity in children. Outline strategies for its prevention (DNB 2004/2)2+3+5 | 65 | 2004 |
| What is Obesity? Discuss the management in children (DNB 2005/1)3+7 | 65 | 2005 |
| Approach to a child with Obesity (DNB 2006/1)10, (DNB 2007/2)10 | 65 | 2006 |
| Outline the diagnostic measures and clinical manifestations of obesity. Enlist the differential diagnosis of childhood obesity (DNB 2009/2)2+3+5 | 65 | 2009 |
| Define syndrome X. Outline the diagnostic criteria and laboratory work up for obese children. (DNB 2010/1)2+3+5 | 65 | 2010 |
| Define obesity. List causes of obesity. Discuss approach to a child with obesity (DNB 2011/1)2+3+5 | 65 | 2011 |
| A 2-year-old toddler presents with a weight of 25 kg. Discuss the possible causes, evaluation and treatment for this child (DNB 2014/1)3+4+3 | 65 | 2014 |
| Comorbidities associated with childhood obesity (DNB 2017/2)5 | 65 | 2017 |
| Complications of Paediatric obesity (DNB 2017/1)5 | 65 | 2017 |
| Define obesity. Enumerate causes and management of childhood obesity (DNB 2016/2)3+3+4 | 65 | 2016 |
| Syndromes associated with obesity [DNB 2018/2]5 | 65 | 2018 |
| Prevention of obesity in children (DNB 2020/1)5 | 65 | 2020 |
| Prevention of overweight and obesity in adolescents (DNB 2020/2)5 | 65 | 2020 |
| Evaluation of a child with obesity (DNB 2021/1)5 | 65 | 2021 |
| Describe briefly complications of obesity (DNB 2024/2)5 | 65 | 2024 |
| Hazards and virtues of Vitamin A in Pediatric practice (DNB 1996/2)10 | 66 | 1996 |
| Vitamin A supplementation (DNB 2007/1)5 | 66 | 2007 |
| Enumerate functions of vitamin A in human body. Tabulate the WHO classification of vitamin A deficiency. Outline the treatment schedule for managing Xerophthalmia in children (DNB 2010/2)2+3+5 | 66 | 2010 |
| Describe WHO classification of eye manifestation of vitamin A deficiency. Discuss prevention & management of Vitamin A deficiency in children (DNB 2014/2)4+6 | 66 | 2014 |
| Hypervitaminosis A (DNB 2016/1)4, (DNB 2016/2)3 | 66 | 2016 |
| Prevention of Vitamin A deficiency (DNB 2021/1)5 | 66 | 2021 |
| Vitamin A deficiency - Classification and preventive measures (DNB 2021/2)5 | 66 | 2021 |
| Discuss the etiopathogenesis, clinical features, diagnosis and management of cobalamine deficiency (DNB 2012/1)2+3+1+4 | 67 | 2012 |
| Pathophysiology of Vitamin B12 and Folate deficiency (DNB 2020/1)5 | 67 | 2020 |
| Write clinical features, management and long term outcome of B12 deficiency in children (DNB 2022/1)5 | 67 | 2022 |
| Treatment of Vitamin B12 deficiency in children (DNB 2022/02)3 | 67 | 2022 |
| Clinical features of thiamine deficiency in infants (DNB 2022/02)3 | 67 | 2022 |
| Role of Folate in body metabolism (DNB 2023/1)5 | 67 | 2023 |
| Enumerate the clinical features, diagnosis and treatment of Folate deficiency (DNB 2023/1)5 | 67 | 2023 |
| Vitamin B1 deficiency (DNB 2023/2)5 | 67 | 2023 |
| Inborn errors of metabolism related to B12 deficiency (DNB 2024/1)5 | 67 | 2024 |
| Scurvy- radiological changes. How are they produced? What is the role of Blood Level of Vitamin C in the diagnosis (DNB 2005/1)10 | 68 | 2005 |
| Diagnosis of Scurvy (DNB 2017/2)4 | 68 | 2017 |
| Enlist the causes of vitamin C deficiency and radiological findings in vitamin C deficiency (DNB 2024/1)5 | 68 | 2024 |
| Pathophysiology of scurvy (DNB 2024/2)3 | 68 | 2024 |
| Clinical manifestations of Rickets (DNB 1993/2)10 | 69 | 1993 |
| Vitamin D Resistant Rickets (DNB 1996/2)12 | 69 | 1996 |
| Renal Rickets (DNB 1997/2)15 | 69 | 1997 |
| Functions of vitamin D (DNB 1998/2)10 | 69 | 1998 |
| Resistant Rickets (DNB 2000/1)15 | 69 | 2000 |
| Outline the metabolism and function of Vitamin D in human body. Describe in detail the etiology and pathological changes in rickets (DNB 1999/2)25 | 69 | 1999 |
| What are the causes of non-nutritional rickets? How will you manage such a child? (DNB 2004/2)3+7 | 69 | 2004 |
| Classify the various causes of rickets and outline how to differentiate them (DNB 2005/1)5+5 | 69 | 2005 |
| Diagnostic approach to a child with resistant rickets (DNB 2006/1)10 | 69 | 2006 |
| Resistant Rickets (DNB 2006/2)10 | 69 | 2006 |
| Discuss calcium and vitamin D metabolism. Outline an approach to a case of Resistant Rickets (DNB 2007/1)10 | 69 | 2007 |
| Discuss the pathophysiological basis of clinical and radiological manifestations of nutritional rickets (DNB 2009/1)10 | 69 | 2009 |
| Describe vitamin D metabolism. Describe diagnostic approach to a 3-year-old child with rickets who has shown no response to treatment with 6 lakhs IU of Vitamin D (DNB 2009/2)4+6 | 69 | 2009 |
| Outline the clinical features, radiological changes, diagnosis and treatment of nutritional Vitamin D deficiency rickets (DNB 2010/2)2+2+2+4 | 69 | 2010 |
| Write in brief the role of vitamin D in health and disease in children. Outline the management of Vitamin D deficiency disorder (DNB 2012/1)6+4 | 69 | 2012 |
| Hypervitaminosis D (DNB 2016/1)4, (DNB 2016/2)3 | 69 | 2016 |
| a. Outline the physiology of vitamin D b. Diagnosis and treatment of vitamin D Dependent Rickets (DNB 2016/1)3+3+4 | 69 | 2016 |
| Treatment and prevention of Vitamin D Deficiency rickets (DNB 2017/2)6 | 69 | 2017 |
| Outline the steps involved in synthesis of Vitamin D (DNB 2016/2)5 | 69 | 2016 |
| 7-year-old boy comes with deformities suggestive of rickets. What are the possible causes? Enumerate the investigations for resistant rickets and treatment of hypophosphatemic rickets (DNB 2016/2)5 | 69 | 2016 |
| Physical, metabolic properties and food sources of Vitamin D (DNB 2018/2)5 | 69 | 2018 |
| Medical management of Nutritional rickets (DNB 2019/1) 5 | 69 | 2019 |
| Treatment of nutritional rickets (DNB 2020/02)5 | 69 | 2020 |
| Vitamin D supplementation - Why, when, how? (DNB 2020/01)5 | 69 | 2020 |
| Role of vitamin D in children beyond bone health (DNB 2021/01)5 | 69 | 2021 |
| Describe the investigations and treatment of nutritional rickets (DNB 2023/01)5 | 69 | 2023 |
| Rickets and its classification (DCH 2023/2)5 | 69 | 2023 |
| Management of Refractory rickets (DCH 2023/2)5 | 69 | 2023 |
| Advantages and disadvantages of daily low dose treatment and Stoss therapy for rickets (DNB 2024/1)5 | 69 | 2024 |
| Pathophysiology of rickets (DNB 2024/2)3 | 69 | 2024 |
| Vitamin D: a) Metabolism b) Features of renal rickets c) Complications of excess vitamin D (DCH 2024/2)3+3+4 | 69 | 2024 |
| Enumerate the functions and therapeutic uses of Vitamin E (DNB 1998/1)15 | 70 | 1998 |
| Vitamin E and its role in human nutrition (DNB 1992/2)15 | 70 | 1992 |
| Name the micronutrients required for various body functions. Discuss Briefly their dietary sources and the effects of deficiency of mineral micronutrients (trace elements) (DNB 2011/2)3+2+5 | 72 | 2011 |
| Role of micronutrient in Pediatric health and diseases (DNB 2016/1)5 | 72 | 2016 |
| Cutaneous manifestations of nutritional deficiencies (DNB 2017/2)6 | 72 | 2017 |
| List micronutrients in diet and methods for prevention of their deficiency (DNB 2018/2)5 | 72 | 2018 |
| Hidden Hunger in children (DNB 2019/2)5 | 72 | 2019 |
| Discuss the role of the following in health and diseases a) Copper b) Zinc c) Magnesium (DNB 2020/2)3+4+3 | 72 | 2020 |
| Role of Zn, Cu and Mg in nutrition and disease (DNB 2023/01)5 | 72 | 2023 |
| What are the dietary sources of copper? What are the diseases associated with abnormal copper metabolism? Describe investigation., clinical features and treatment of any one of them (DNB 2009/2)1+2+7 | 72 | 2009 |
| Relevance of Zinc in human nutrition (DNB 1992/1)15 | 72 | 1992 |
| Role of Zinc in health and diseases of children (DNB 1997/1)10 | 72 | 1997 |
| Effects of Zinc supplementation in persistent diarrhoea (DNB 1998/2)10 | 72 | 1998 |
| Give dietary requirements of Zinc in children and discuss its role in childhood immunity and infections (DNB 2007/1)10 | 72 | 2007 |
| Write short notes on: Zinc supplementation - when and how? (DNB 2011/2)5 | 72 | 2011 |
| Physiological function of Zinc in body with special reference to immunity (DNB 2017/1)5 | 72 | 2017 |
| Role of Zinc in treatment of pediatric diarrhea (DNB 2017/1)2 | 72 | 2017 |
| Clinical features of acrodermatitis enteropathica (DNB 2017/2)5, (DNB 2018/2)5 | 72 | 2017 |
| Management of Acrodermatitis enteropathica (DNB 2024/1)5 | 72 | 2024 |
| Prevention of lodine deficiency (DNB 1995/1)15 | 72 | 1995 |
| Prevention of Fluoride toxicity (DNB 1995/1)15 | 72 | 1995 |
| Fluoride and disease (DNB 2016/1)2 | 72 | 2016 |
| Vitamins and breast milk (DNB 2025/1)5 | 61 | 2025 |
| Refeeding Syndrome: When to suspect, prevention, and management (DNB 2024/2)5 | 63 | 2024 |
| Parameters to detect undernutrition in children 0-18 years (DNB 2025/1)5 | 64 | 2025 |
| Define severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and its management (DNB 2024/2)5 | 64 | 2024 |
| Parameters to detect overnutrition in children 0-18 years (DNB 2025/1)5 | 65 | 2025 |
| Complications of obesity (DNB 2024/2)5 | 65 | 2024 |
| Manifestations of vitamin A deficiency in a child (DNB 2025/1)5 | 66 | 2025 |
| Pathophysiology of rickets and scurvy (DNB 2024/2)5 | 69 | 2024 |