VIETNAM NUTRITIONAL PORTAL
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;
The objective of the study was to investigate the prevalence of overweight and obesity among children 0-5 years old in Thu Dau Mot city, Binh Duong province. A cross sectional study was implemented on 365 healthy children aged 0-5 years old, recruited from 6 wards of Thu Dau Mot city.
A cross-sectional analytic study was conducted aimed to assess actual rate of overweight-obesity among rural adults aged 25-64 and to investigate factors related to overweight-obesity. The results showed that: The rate of to overweight-obesity among rural Bac Giang, Bac Ninh and Quang Ninh adults aged 25-64 was 13.9% in average, 15.6% in men and 12.0% in women.
A cross sectional study was conducted in 951 preschool and 2425 primary school children in 6 kindergartens and 6 primary schools in Nghia Dan district between July and September 2013.
Oxidized low density lipoprotein (LDL) is considered a risk factors for atherosclerosis, and polyphenols are the potenial agents to inhibit the oxidation of LDL. We have identified the polyphenol contents and the antioxidant activities of 12 kinds of herbs in Vietnam.
Vitamin A deficiency is still a worldwide public health issue in Vietnam. To be able to provide future recommendations on the timing of interventions, and to contribute to the theories and practices of vitamin A supplementation for lactating mothers, we evaluated the effectiveness of a high dose vitamin A supplementation within the first week after delievery on breask milk retinol status during a 6 week periode.
Support to improve nutritional status and health through measures to ensure water safety is the involvement of communities in three rural communes of Vietnam (Swan Project) conducted by the Institute of Nutrition and Institute International Life Science Center Japan to enhance health (ILSI Japan CHP), with funding support from the Organization Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) under development partners program (JPP).
A cross-sectional survey was carried out in Quang Ngai in 2008, of which a total of 572 mothers having children under 24 months (281 mothers in Tu Nghia and 291 mothers in Nghia Hanh) were involved in the survey. The results have showed that 65.4% mothers had at least 3 antenatal check-ups, only 13.8% mothers had at least 5 antenatal check-ups as Ministry of Health's recomendation.
Objectives: Assessment of nutrition status, anemia, knowledge and practices on anemia prevention and control among female workers in three factories in Binh Duong province and Ho Chi Minh City. Methods: A cross-sectional study on 324 female workers aged 18-45 years.
A cross sectional study in 992 high-ranking officers of Antiaircraft- Air Force Arm in September 2007 showed that: The rate of overweight and obesity was 55.8%. The rate of overweight-obesity of men was higher than women. Waist/ Hip ratio (WHR) > 0.90 of men was 34.3%, (WHR) > 0.85 of women was 30.7%.
An epidemiological survey was carried-out on 4879 school students aged 10-15 randomly selected from primary schools and secondary schools in Ho Chi Minh city to evaluate the prevalence of overweight/obesity and their cardiovascular risks. All subjects were measured height, weight, waist circumference, and blood pressure. There were 486 subjects randomly selected to take blood for serum total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, and triglyceride concentration.
Review and analysis based on food consumption data of Vietnamese population during the past two decades (1985 – 2005) in various studies done by the National Survey 1985 on 25 areas nationwide, National Nutrition Survey 1999, General Nutrition Survey 2000, General Nutrition Survey 2005...
This study aims to compare the prevalence of hospital malnutrition measured by different methods including Subjective Global Assessment (SGA), Malnutrition Screening Tool (MST), serum albumin, total lympho count and mid upper arm circumference in acute care patients in Thong Nhat hospital in Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam.
The RDA for Vietnamese 2007 has been developed based on the lattest knowledge of nutrition sciences. It has been updated with more appropriate information according to the changes in food consumption and morbidity pattern currently.
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...