VIETNAM NUTRITIONAL PORTAL
Malnutrition among children under five years old in Vietnam has been reduced significantly; however, it remains high and was distributed imbalance in different geographical, residential and ethnical areas. Objectives: to determine the prevalence of malnutrition amongst children under 5 years old and associated factors in Cong Hai and Phuoc Chinh communes, Ninh Thuan province.
The study aims to describe the situation of food safety and related factors of food service providers in Hagiang city, Hagiang province. A cross- sectional study was conducted on 120 food producers and sellers at 120 food services facilities.
Objectives: A case – control study was conducted in 126 pre-diabetic patients and 126 healthy adults in order to define some risk factors of pre-diabetes. Method: Anthropometric indices (weight, height) and levels of glucose of fasting blood samples were measured.
Malnutrition in combination with micronutrient deficiencies is very common, especially zinc deficiency.
Prevalence of hypertension has been increasing recently in Vietnam. Dietary with restricted sodium and enough potassium level is one of important controllable factors to prevent hypertension. High sodium intake contributes to high blood pressure.
A cross-sectional survey to describe the situation of nutritional anemia in pregnant women and related factors was conducted in 2013 in Ha Nam province with 657 pregnant women at 6 – 16th gestational week. Results showed that the population had anemia at moderate level of 20.7% among pregnant women.
The study was carried out to investigate effect of maltodextrin concentration (3, 6, 9, 12, 15 and 18%, w/v) added in Pouzolzia zeylanica extract before undergoing spray drying process, as well as operation conditions.
Objective: To describe the nutritional status of children aged 3-5 years old in some communes in Quynh Phu district, Thai Binh province.
At present, overweight and obesity arei increasing rapidly in Vietnam, causing many adverse health effects. Nutritional interventions for prevention and treatment are needed.
Objective: To investigate types of physical activities in type 2 diabetes mellitus outpatients at Nguyen Tri Phuong Hospital.
The survey aims to determine stunting, wasting, and anemia status in school students in HCMC. Methods: A cross-sectional survey in 11072 school students in primary schools, junior-high schools, and high schools in HCMC to assess stunting and wasting status.
This study aims to identify the pre-pregnancy BMI and the gestation weight gain among pregnant women at their third trimester in Ho Chi Minh City Viet Nam. Methodology: A cross-sectional study among 94 pregnant women hospitalized at Tu Du hospital.
Research into the role of the human microbiome suggests that parts of it may be responsible for development of a range of diseases such as obesity and diabetes, while other parts of this microbiome may reduce the risk of developing such conditions.
Currently, there is no universally accepted definition for functional food because it has not been a clear demarcation between functional food and conventional food. In general, functional food could be considered as “any products or food ingredients containing a bioactive compound or a bioactivity that may provide health benefit beyond basic nutrients”.
Malnutrition is commonly found in critically ill children and is related to mortality or prolonged durations of inpatient treatment. Objective: To describe the nutritional status of critically ill patients and its relationship to clinical outcomes in PICU.
Over the last four decades, all Southeast Asian countries have experienced rapid advances in socio-economic development, resulting in significant changes to the lifestyle of communities, including food consumption patterns. These have led to dramatic changes in the nutritional problems.
Nutrition has an important role in medical therapy. Good nutrition care helps to decrease the hospital malnutrition, decrease the risk of hospital infection complication, shorten the health recovery period and wound healing, shorten the length of hospital stay, decrease the treatment expense, as well as contribute significantly to the quality of medical treatment and decrease the issues related to hospital overload and hospital bed sharing among tertiary hospitals in Viet Nam.
A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the current status of food hygiene and safety conditions of restaurants in Da Ton commune, Gia Lam district, Hanoi and the knowledge - practice on hygiene and safety among street food handlers in 2017.
The issue of food hygiene and safety is one of the urgent issues of our country today. However, there are very few researches on the knowledge and practice of people food handlers or food business establishments.
Method: A cross-sectional study was performed in 552 students of three secondary schools, Phu Cat District, Binh Dinh Province. Students were weighted and categorized by gender and age. The food frequency consumption of student was evaluated with questionnaires.
The study aims to assess the nutritional status and current nutrition care for cancer patients treated at the Hanoi Oncology Hospital in 2016.
Objective: To evaluate the nutritional status of patients with hypertension.
Objective: To compare sensitivity, specificity of new tool (BBT) with SGA at Bach Mai Hospital. This study was performed on 300 adults ≥ 18 – 65 years old admitted to the ICU, endocrinology, nephrology wards with cross-sectional study, controlled study method.
The pre-operative nutritional status plays an important role in the recovery and patient’s post-operative complications.