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Contents & notes: what this topic covers
Under Nutrition, the JAMB Physical and Health Education syllabus expects you to study:
- 2. Nutrition a. Definition and nutritional values of beverages.
- b. Common nutritional deficiencies and their remedies c. Importance of water in human nutrition.
Study notes & guidance
Study Nutrition using a recommended Physical and Health Education textbook that follows the JAMB syllabus. Work through the contents listed above one by one, make brief notes in your own words, and then practise as many questions on this topic as you can — in Physical and Health Education, understanding and steady practice matter far more than memorising. Use the objectives below as a checklist: if you can do each one confidently, you have mastered this topic.
Objectives — candidates should be able to
After studying Nutrition, you should be able to:
- Define nutrition and state the nutritional values of beverages;
- State the common nutritional deficiencies and their remedies;
- Highlight the importance of water in human nutrition.
These objectives are from the official JAMB syllabus. Use them as a checklist — if you can do each one confidently, you have mastered this topic.
Source: official JAMB UTME Physical and Health Education syllabus (IBASS, jamb.gov.ng). Reproduced for study use. Last checked: 17 Sept 2026. Always confirm the current syllabus on the official portal.