VIETNAM NUTRITIONAL PORTAL
In our country the evidence on the nutrition transition have occurred, are being made recently. Double burden of malnutrition, common phenomenon in the nutrition transition in developing countries has been reported in Vietnam on a remarkably.
Purpose: The study aims to assess the lipid nutritional status of patients with hepatitis. Methods: A prospective, cross-sectional study was conducted through interviews, weight and height measurements of 124 inpatient hepatitis patients in General Internal Medicine Department, General Hospital, Thai Binh City in 2017.
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.
This review article briefed the challenges of food hygiene and safety control in Vietnam with updates on the current situation, including the globalization trends, the acceleration of food poisoning and food-born diseases, issues in food production, management and circulation, poor knowledge and practice of consumers.
A cross-sectional study on bacterial contamination of cooked foods available in the canteens of kindergartens in Hadong town was carried out from October 2005 to January 2006. A total of 144 boiled water and cooker food samples collected from 12 canteens were examined for selected microbiological parameters of the Decision No.867/1998/QD-BYT issued by the Minister of Health on hygienic standards.
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;
This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness and lessons learned from the application of Excel software into the weighing program for children under 5 at the communal level and using Epi Info in analyzing nutritional data at the provincial level in the national malnutrition control program in Da Nang city from January 2004 to July 2006.
The aim of this research is to study the antimutagenic activity of sticky rice cooked with various fruits vegetables and legumes. Fruits and vegetables rich in carotenoids including ivy gourd leaves, the fruit from Momordica cochinchinensis and pumpkin, two kind of legumes – mungbean and black bean – and sticky rice colored by being cooked with these fruits, vegetables and legumes were sequentially extracted with n-hexane and 80% ethanol.
The province has strengthened the mechanism in conducting and implementing circular 08 on food safety and hygiene of all levels and ministries. In 2000, the province gave approval document on the quality for 109 products of all kinds; in 2001, the Health Department issued approval document for 180 products which had completed the procedures of quality statement for food safety and hygiene.
During the past two decades, thanks to the policy of renovation, there has been a high rate of economic development and the nutrition situation has been improved.
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...