Food and nutrition research

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). 

Objective: The aims of this study are to validate a HPLC method for the determination of PAH compounds in food, and to provide initial data on PAH contamination levels in common foods from meat, fish and starch sources, which were processed by direct contact with heating source like grill, barbecue, or being fried in oil.

Total 120 high risk food samples including of fermented meat products, cooked entrails and vegetables eaten raw served at ambient temperature in Hanoi market were examined for microbiological quality. In general, 100% of processed meat were high aerobic plate counts, 80% were high coliform contaminated and exceeding, the bacterial standard. 

Objectives: To describe the characteristics of metabolic syndrome in women with BMI > 23kg/m² aged 45-60 years old in Hanoi in 2016. Subjects and methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study on 92 women with BMI > 23kg/m² from 45-60 years old in Hanoi 2016. Results: The prevalence of metabolic syndrome in women with BMI > 23kg/m² aged 40-65 years old in Hanoi in 2016 was 62%. 

Knowledge of school canteen staffs on nutrition plays an important role in the decision to choose and prepare healthier foods for students. Objective: To assess the status of knowledge on nutrition and food of school canteen staffs. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive research was conducted in 48 schools at all levels in Ho Chi Minh City, Ha Noi, Lam Dong and Da Nang City. 

The author suggested several methods to improve the quality and safety in the production of fish sauce and Soya sauce, relating to their ingredients, process and techniques used.

A case-control study was carried out in 226 dead newborns in 2004 and 227 alive infants born in the period from 1st January 2004 to 31st December 2004 (matched by sex, age, and location with the dead newborns) in 232 communes of Hanoi. The results were as follows: In 2004, the neonatal mortality rate in Hanoi city was 7.35%o.

Several remarks have been made through anthropometric data collected form 3 national cross- sectional surveys within 3 State- level Scientific- Technology Studies (Study  KX.07.07, 1991-1995; Survey to investigate biological indicator of normal Vietnamese people in the 90’s decade from 1994 to 1999; 

Objective: To identify the prevalence of malnutrition, to describe body composition and the correlation between body composition and malnutrition among preschool children. Method: Weight, height, Biceps, triceps, subscapular and supra-iliac skinfold thicknesses of 136 children (70 boys, 66 girls) aged from 3-5 years old from 2 communes Vo Mieu, Van Mieu, Thanh Son district, Phu Tho province were collected. 

Nowadays, food hygiene and safety are one of the hottest public issues and become a big con­ cern for the relevant authorities and the community. Unsafe and unhygienic food seriously harm the public health and cause a big loss for the economy of every country. Unsafe food is the trad­ ing barrier in the WTO integration period . 

A study to determine fatty acid content in 42 food items selected from the list of foods that are the major sources of fat in the diet of adults from 8 provinces belong to four different geographic regions in Vietnam was conducted in 2009 at the Department of Food Science and Food Safety of the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) in Hanoi, Vietnam.

The intervention study was conducted in 4 months in 2012 on 150 anemic children from 12 to 35 months old in Nghia Dan district, Nghe An province. It aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of Lyzivita supplementation (in form of sprinkles) on improved nutritional status and micronutrient deficiecies of these children.

Voi was produced in 3 different styles, and packed in 2gr of Voi/set. Voi tea was made by boil­ing or stewing in hot water in different durations: 10 mm, 20 mm and 30 mm. The collected Vm tea was determined polyphenol content  and was tested for taste, smell, favor, and color. 

The study was conducted in 2 wards Ky Ba and Le Hong Phong of Thai Binh city. After examining bone density by ALOKA machine (Japan), 259 osteophenia women at the age of 40 – 65 were selected for the control group. The intervention group included 139 osteophenia women at the age of 40 – 65 who were with intervention methods (including communication, exercise, proper diet and Calcium - D supplementation). 

Birth weight is defined to be closely associated to maternal nutritional status before conception and during pregnancy. The collecting and monitoring of data on birth weight in rural Vietnam encounter many difficulties, leading to the underestimation of low birth weight rate.

Study done in 2007 in Hanoi capital and Hai Duong province. Object: to investigate the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and related fators in Vietnamese people. Method: Total of 490 women aged from 15 - 49 years were randomly selected to participate in the study. Serum vitamin D concentration was measured in overnight fasting blood samples by radiommunoassay.

This overview briefs the nutritional situation of Vietnam with the reduction of underweight, the maintenance of stunting and micronutrient deficiencies, and the emergence of dietary related chronic diseases. An optimistic observation is the secular trend in growth since 1985 in some population groups. 

About 2500 years ago, Hypocrates considered food as medicine and vice verse. In Vietnam Hai Thuong Lan Ong, Tue Tinh and other leading experts in nutrition, biology, agriculture, medicine, food culture, and dietetics have also confirmed the importance of greens in daily meals of the Vietnamese population. 

A cross-sectional study was carried out at the end of 2005 to assess the nutritional status in children 11-14 years old in Binh Luc district, Ha Nam province. Body weight, height of 2671 children (male/female= 50.6%/49.4%) were collected and compared with those of Vietnamese children of the same age and gender in 2 previous periods: before 1975 and between 1981‑1985. 

This article aims to introduce the present knowledge on the role of sprinkles in control of child micronutrient deficiency and malnutrition. Micronutrient deficiencies are found to be often by occurred very early at the 3rd-4th months of the child life and very common in the age group of 6-24 months.

A cross-sectional and community trial among children 6-23 months of age were conducted from March to May 2007 in 4 communes, Yen The district, Bac Giang province. The finding showed that Prevalence of stunting was 35.9%, wasting was 20.1% and anemia was 55.6%. 

This is a summary of results of a key Stare’s science- technology project KC10.DA15 (2001-2005), which was approved at institutional level on Mar 19, 2006. The defined objectives of this project have been achieved, based on the following outcomes...