USMLE® Step 2 CK · chapter NUTR

Nutrition: USMLE® Step 2 CK topics

10 topics. Each one opens a review page with its guideline basis and key clinical sections, then links the QuestionBank questions, ChartWalk flowchart, FlashCards and ImageBank plates that share its code.

1. Dietary therapy in GI, allergy & metabolic disease

   NUTR-MNT-0211 questions · Review Book p. 725 · 2023 ACG / 2019 AGA / 2026 BSG Celiac; 2023–2025 EAACI Food Allergy; 2017 FPIES; 2026 AUA/EAU Stones; 2020 ACR Gout

2. Enteral & parenteral nutrition — route, access & complications

   NUTR-SUPPORT-013 questions · Review Book p. 711 · 2016/2022 ASPEN/SCCM & 2023 ESPEN ICU Nutrition; 2026 ADA Standards

3. Fat-soluble vitamins & trace elements

   NUTR-VIT-023 questions · Review Book p. 715 · Endocrine Society Vitamin D for Prevention of Disease 2024; NIH ODS current nutrient fact sheets.

4. Infant & child feeding

   NUTR-INF-016 questions · Review Book p. 718 · AAP Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk Policy Statement 2022; NIAID Peanut Allergy Prevention Addendum Guidelines 2017.

5. Medical nutrition therapy for cardiometabolic, kidney & liver disease

   NUTR-MNT-012 questions · Review Book p. 722 · 2026 ADA Standards; 2025 AHA/ACC HTN; 2020 KDOQI / 2024 KDIGO CKD; 2021 AASLD / 2025–2026 ACG Cirrhosis & HE

6. Nutrition assessment, malnutrition & sarcopenia

   NUTR-ASSESS-015 questions · Review Book p. 709 · GLIM 2019 +2025 update; GLIM intake/assimilation guidance 2026; ASPEN albumin/prealbumin position paper 2021 +practice fact sheet.

7. Nutrition in older adults, dysphagia & end of life

   NUTR-GER-015 questions · Review Book p. 729 · AGS Feeding Tubes in Advanced Dementia Position Statement (2014); ESPEN Geriatrics (2022) + Dementia (2024).

8. Nutrition in pregnancy & lactation

   NUTR-PREG-013 questions · Review Book p. 720 · 2023 USPSTF Folic Acid for NTD Prevention; 2021 ACOG Practice Bulletin 233 Anemia in Pregnancy.

9. Obesity care & bariatric surgery

   NUTR-OBES-015 questions · Review Book p. 727 · 2022 ASMBS/IFSO Bariatric Indications; 2023 AAP Pediatric Obesity; 2016–2019 ASMBS/AACE/TOS Perioperative & Micronutrient Guidelines

10. Water-soluble vitamins — deficiency & toxicity decisions

    NUTR-VIT-0110 questions · Review Book p. 713 · NIH ODS current vitamin fact sheets (accessed 2026); ADA Standards of Care in Diabetes 2026.

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