Short answer: DHA lists Clinical Dietitian at 150 questions in three hours with a 55 percent pass score, and Nutritionist at 150 questions with 50 percent. The dietitian list has twelve headings, from medical nutrition therapy and metabolic disorders to menu planning and food production. DHA prints no weights and Meddex has no dietitian question bank.
What is on the DHA dietitian exam?
DHA’s CBT Guideline lists twelve content headings for the Clinical Dietitian title (code NUT4112). They cover clinical nutrition and also food service and management, which surprises people who expect a purely clinical list. The Nutritionist title (NUT4111) is a separate row. Both are in the allied health group. Meddex is independent and is not connected to the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) or Prometric.
Key facts and where they come from
From DHA’s CBT Guideline, cover reads “Updated - Sep 2026”, read 16 and 18 October 2026.
- Clinical Dietitian: 150 questions, 3 hours, pass score 55 percent, twelve headings, no weights.
- Nutritionist: 150 questions, 3 hours, pass score 50 percent. We did not record its headings.
- The stated duration includes registration and introduction time.
- DHA may change content, format or pass score without updating the guideline.
The twelve Clinical Dietitian headings
The headings are DHA’s, in the order we cleaned them. The notes are ours.
- Fundamentals of Dietetics, Food Management and Services: the professional base and how food services are run.
- Procurement and Materials Management: buying, storing and controlling food and supplies.
- Metabolic Disorders: diabetes, lipid disorders and other metabolic conditions.
- Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: public and individual prevention.
- Inflammatory Diseases and Cancer: nutrition in inflammatory conditions and oncology.
- Nutrition Screening, Assessment and Counselling: finding risk, measuring status, and advising.
- Food Production, Distribution and Facility Design: kitchen and service layout and flow.
- Principles of Food Preparation and Training: preparation methods and staff training.
- Medical Nutrition Therapy: diet as treatment across conditions.
- Food Science and Normal Nutrition: food composition and the nutrition of healthy people.
- Nutrition Through the Life Cycle: pregnancy, infancy, childhood, adulthood and older age.
- Menu Planning: designing menus to meet needs and constraints.
What does the list tell you about balance?
Five of the twelve headings (the first, second, seventh, eighth and twelfth) concern food service, management or production, and the rest are clinical or public health nutrition. We do not know how many questions each heading carries, so we cannot say the exam is a certain share of either. But it does mean a clinical-only revision plan leaves several headings uncovered. Check each against your own training and fill gaps.
A way to order your revision
DHA gives no order, so this is ours. Start with the headings closest to your daily work, often Medical Nutrition Therapy, Metabolic Disorders and Nutrition Screening. Then take the life cycle and prevention headings. Leave the service, production and procurement headings for a block of their own and, if they are new to you, start them early, since vocabulary takes time. End with mixed timed sets. The allied health six-week plan shows how to turn a list into weeks.
What practice content is there?
Meddex does not have a dietitian or nutritionist question bank as of the date of this page. The allied health hub holds the official facts, and how to find your title in the guideline shows how to read your row. Do not use practice content from another profession to fill gaps in these headings.
How do you handle unfamiliar terms?
Service headings use vocabulary that clinical dietitians may not meet often, such as procurement, materials management and facility design. Make a short glossary as you go, with one line per term in your own words, and review it with flashcards. A weak spot in vocabulary can cost marks even when you understand the idea. See how to write good medical flashcards for a format.
What we do not know
Frequently asked questions
This article is general educational guidance, not official advice. Exam rules, fees and timelines are set by the Dubai Health Authority and the test provider and can change, so always confirm the latest details on their official channels. Review of Meddex content by named, licensed clinicians is not complete yet. See how we write and check our content.
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