VIETNAM NUTRITIONAL PORTAL
Maternal anemia and low birth weight babies are common among rural Vietnamese women, particularly among underweight women. In developing countries, positive maternal and infant health outcomes are associated with intake of animal source foods (ASF).
Objective: To explore the relationships between energy, proportion of energy from macronutrients and BMI in junior high school students of HCMC. Methods: A cohort study was conducted between 2004 and 2009. Data on BMI, time spent for physical activity, TV watching habit and dietary intake were collected annually among 759 junior high school students.
Food consumption has been long found being closely related to community health. By comparing the food consumption patterns in Vietnam during the xx century (1940 - 2000) it is shown that there was no change in characteristics of Vietnamese food consumption pattern through different periods up to 1990.
Nowadays, the rate of malnutrition is still high in Vietnam. It is difficult for all the practitioners in treating and rehabilitating these patients because there are a member of many combined causal factors such as lack of food intake, unappropriate maternal nutrition knowledge and diseases.
One of the main reasons for elevated stunting rate in children 6-23 months old is the improper complementary feeding practices with the proxy of food consumption. This study aims to describe actual food intake in this particular age group and compare with RDA, thus providing appropriate recommendations for intervention.
Aims: To investigate the nutritional status of outpatients with type 2 diabetes at Quang Xuong District General Hospital, Thanh Hoa in 2022. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 400 outpatients. Each subject's weight, height, waist and hip circumference was measured; waist to hip ratio and body mass index (BMI) were calculated.
The study aims to determine antibacterial effects of several herbal plants on the growth and toxin production of S.aureus. Antibacterial activity of four herbal plants: Houttuynia cordata, Mentha species, Artemisia vulgaris car.indica and Allium sativum, was exam-ined against a reference strain (S.aureus ATCC 25923) using a novel microtiter plate method.
The prevalence of underweight among children, who come for health examine and treatment in Hue hospital 2005 was 20.9%, among which the higher was mild degree (16.6%) and among male higher than female. Underweight of children 36-48 months of age accounted for 28.2%.
Stunting remains a serious problem among under five children, particularly in the north mountainous region. Diet that did not meet the recommended dietary allowance has been an important cause of stunting. Objective: to investigate the effectiveness of designed menu on height improvement of children aged 12-30 months in Huu Lung district, Lang Son province.
An intervention study was conducted targeting young unmarried women above 18 years old and newly married, not yet pregnant women in Hien Nam suddistrict in Hung Yen town from July 2005 to June 2006. The study aimed to operate a number of heath and nutrition interventions and assess the effectiveness of nutrition and heath intervention activities on young women.
Ngày 01/03/2014, Bệnh viện quân y 103 – Học viện quân y đã thực hiện thành công ca mổ ghép đa tạng (tụy- thận) trên người đầu tiên tại Việt Nam. Thành công này có sự góp sức của nhiều chuyên khoa, trong đó có chuyên khoa dinh dưỡng. Trong bài này chúng tôi xin trình bày một số nhận xét về công tác dinh dưỡng bệnh nhân trong ca ghép đa tạng đầu tiên này.
By a community based nutrition education for mothers at Nga My commune – Phu Binh district – Thai Nguyen province, the KAP the improvement care of mothers with children under 5 years of age was found improved. Through the improvement of KAP of mothers, malnutrition situation in children under 5 at intervened commune was clearly improved.
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.
Recently the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea, announced the “Dietary Guidelines for Korean Adults (DGKA),” which includes ten Dietary Goals, six Dietary Guidelines, and twenty-three Action Guidelines. DGKA are developed as the revision of the 2003 Dietary Guidelines for Koreans, targeting adult population.
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).
The activities of nutrition and nutrition research in the future will continue to focus on tackling malnutrition in our country, also understanding and monitoring of nutritional problems emerging, first of overweight, obesity.
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%.
Providing good care pregnant women for a better pregnant outcome in an early preventive strategy in heath and nutrition care nowadays in many countries.
Aims: To describe actual food intake of women aged 40-65 years with BMI ≥ 23 kg/m2 in Hanoi, 2016. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted on women aged 40-65 years with BMI ≥ 23 kg/m2 in Hanoi, 2016. Results: The average age was approximately 52 years old with BMI= 25.6±3.8 kg/m2. The dietary energy level of the study subjects was 1628 (1589,2; 1705,5) kcal /person/day.
Objectives: To assess the effects of zinc supplementation on malnourished children with normal serum zinc concentration. Method: A randomized, controlled, single-blinded clinical trial.
The study was carried out in over six months on 450 children from 7-8 years old in three primary schools in Yen Phong District, Bac Ninh Province. The selected children were divided into three groups: group 1 was given milk enriched with multi -micronutrients, group 2 - standard milk, and group 3 was the control group.
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.
A screening of 28 plants used for making drinks in Vietnam revealed a Cleistocalyx operculatus (Roxb.) Merr and Perry flower bud extract to have the high polyphenol content and the highest inhibitory activity against the a-glucosidase enzyme. The anti-hyperglycemic effects of an aqueous extract from flower buds of Cleistocalyx operculatus (COB) were therefore investigated in the animal and the healthy human subjects.