VIETNAM NUTRITIONAL PORTAL
The progress of malnutrition reduction and the Zscores W/A, Zscores H/A and Zscores W/H was examined through national surveys on malnutrition among children under 5 years old from 1990 to 2004. Objective: To present the progress of child malnutrition in order to classify changes and to set up suitable outcome for the plan of child malnutrition control.
Across- sectional study was done in 2005 to identify hypertension prevalence in adults living in Daklak province. Total of 931 adults aged from 25 years and over, without other chronic diseases in 30 communes were chosen and checked-up. The results showed that the crude hypertension prevalence in Daklak province was 17.5%.
This study showed that PDP (chitosan) can be used as food additive in some of Vietnamese traditional food products such as pork luncheon & rice crepe. Perceptible test: Food products with PDP additive look like as those with borax (p>0,05) and are different from ones without food additive (p<0.05).
Objective: This study was to identify the prevalence of malnutrition in patients admitted to gastroenterology and endocrinology ward in Bach mai hospital. Methods: 308 patients admitted to a gastroenterology and endocrinology ward were enrolled in the investigation.
The assessment of food safety and sanitary conditions at 20 kitchens of half day boarding primary schools in Dong Da, Hanoi was carried out from February to August, 2007. The results indicated that: 50% of kitchens did not meet with the sanitary conditions and water supply requirements of the Ministry of Health.
A community – clinical trial was carried on 88 adults aged 18 – 40, living in Hanoi to assess impact of the combination of nutrition counseling and interval walking – running exercise on body weight, BMI, body fat percentage, and visceral fat in the adults with BMI > 23.
The study on contamination of food borne bacterial pathogen in food items available in the canteens of kindergarten school in Hanoi was carried out from October 2004 to January 2005 to provide data on microbiological contamination of food items with respect to Salmonella, Campylobacter jejuni, Escherichia coli contamination.
A cross-sectional study in 11 sub-districts of Thanh Hoa city was conducted during 2006-2007 with 240 ready-to-eat food samples, 30 cooking utensil samples, 40 cooker hand samples, and 310 KAP interviews to food vendors. Results revealed that the contamination rate of street foods and cooking utensils was upto 57.74%.
The study aimed to provide baseline information for the Vietnam – Netherlands nutrition project. The survey was conducted in July and August 2006 in 5 provinces of Nam Dinh, Bac Giang, Quang Tri, Dak Lak and Kien Giang (2 districts of each province and 2 to 3 communes in each district).
Malnutrition, particularly stunting is still a public health problem with a very high prevalence in Vietnam. This retrospective cohort study aimed to investigate the association between early childhood stunting with cognitive performance and their determinants among Vietnamese schoolchildren in a commune of Ha Tay province of Vietnam.
These are quantitative findings of a final evaluation of a Viet Nam International Counterpart project, namely “For the Health of Mothers and Children”, which was designed as an effort to find out possible interventions to improve health and nutrition status among mothers and children under 5 year old in disadvantaged areas of Vietnam.
This study aims to investigate the presence of chronic energy deficiency and overweight of adults in one commune of the Red river delta and their dietary intake. Results indicate that there is the coexistence of CED and overweight of adults in this commune with respective prevalence of 22.2% and 16.0%.
The study was conducted to determine and compare blood Glucose level after consuming moon cakes using Isomalt and moon cakes using Sucrose. A controlled and clinical trial was carried out on 10 healthy adults.
This study was done to develop Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) for assessing calcium intake in Vietnamese people based on data of the National Nutrition Survey in 2000. From the data, a total of 36 calcium- riched food items were selected for the FFQ by ranking food items according to their contribution to the population intake of nutrients.
Effects of washing and cooking methods on lost levels of zinc & iron in cooking rice have been investigated in 10 families, belonging to 6 ethnics (San chi, San diu, Nung, Tay, Hoa, Kinh), using 5 kinds of cooking pant/pots (cast iron, aluminum pan (Hai phong), soil pot, copper pot, and electric cooker).
From the 19 th century, many biologists revealed the secular trends to increasing adult height in most European countries. This phenomenon defined by the fact that the average value of height and weight of the young generation is higher than their parents and the age to get the maximum value come sooner.
1. Reduce malnutrition among children is low whistle determinants. 2. Tend to increase the growth in Vietnam.
The pilot study has developed the formula and production process for Pepsin fortified with Vitamin B1 in 2 forms: tablet and capsule. Using intensive deterioration method for evaluation, it is found that the 2 forms has qualified stability in both microbiology indicators and protein destruction during its preservation.
Invesment in nutrition is investment in capacity building to achieve a strong human resource both in term of health and mind, thus it is the investment for development. Food based dietary guidelines is an important tool of nutrition education to effectively implement national nutrition policies and strategies in a certain period.
A cross-sectional study on 300 mothers, who had normal delivery at the Obstetric Department of Hung Yen General Hospital and their newborns was carried out from October to December 2003. The findings showed that: Average birth weight and birth length were 3,090 grams and 49.5 centimeters, respectively.
A crose-sectional study on the contamination of Coliforms, E. coli, S. aureus in 120 samples of cream, fresh milk, cakes sold at some retail stores along side streets of four districts in Hanoi in 2004.
An evaluation survey on the impact nutrition intervention activities was conducted in Thuong Tin district in April 2004. The survey’s objective was to assess the impact of 10 year-multisectoral intervention activities on household food security and nutritional status of mothers and children.
An assessment of the current food intake and nutritional status among adolescent girls was carried out on 1202 female students at secondary and high schools in Duy Tien (Ha Nam province).