VIETNAM NUTRITIONAL PORTAL
The study was conducted in April 2012. Study design: cross-sectional study. Objectives: To assess current nutritional status of children under five and knowledge, practice on child feeding of their mothers in Tan Quang commune. Subjects: children under five and their mothers.
To assess knowledge attitude and practices on food safety and the utilization of food additives in Quang Binh, a cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted among all 164 owners of food producing shops (noodles, bread, rolls, spring) in three districts and provincial town in 2009 using a structured questionnaire.
A 2-year corhot study, aiming to describe the physical growth characteristics and evaluate the impact of Davita supplementation product (containing micronutrients and protein)on physical growth (weight and length) of children from birth to 24 months old was conducted in Soc Son District, Ha Noi capital from 2007 to 2009.
The study on the effectiveness of PediaPlus milk was carried out in the kindergarten in Dong Ky commune, Yen The district, Bac Giang province in 4 months from January to the end of May, 2011. The total 200 children from 36-72 months of age of the kindergarten were divided into intervention and control groups.
This article reviewed the keystones of activities and prevention strategy on vitamin A and iron deficiency control in Vietnam; the changing trends of deficiency prevalences in the community; some studies in Vietnam on the effectiveness of interventions and orientation for micronutrient deficiency control in the coming period.
An intervention study with control group in 9 months using nutrition education and communication approach to prevent overweight/obesity was conduced in 700 children aged 6-14 years old. Those children are at 2 schools of Hoan Kiem districts and 2 schools of Ba Dinh district in Hanoi.
A 2-year cohort study, aiming to evaluate impact of nutrition product“davita” (containing multi-micronutrients and protein) on nutritional status of children from birth to 24 months old was conducted in Soc Son District, Ha Noi capital from 2007 to 2009. The results showed that the prevalence of child stunting in Soc Son now is still of high level classified by WHO 1997 (28,7%).
The study aimed produce tablets to supplement iron, zinc, vitamin C, folic acid and amino acid for pregnant women. Selected ingredients to produce were DSM premix, USA isolated soybean protein and whey protein concentrate. Materials after being granulated were dried into 2 phases: 1st phase: 40 degree C in 6 hours and 2nd phase: 45 degree C in 5 hours.
The authors briefed the current nutrition situation of Vietnam, including maternal and child malnutrition, micro-nutrient deficiencies, overweight/obesity, food intake and maternal nutrition knowledge and capacity of nutrition network. They once again emphasized the importance of preventive approach in nutrition for the country.
A cross-sectional study was conducted in November, 2011 on 80 weaning children aged 13-18 months in an urban ward and a suburban commune of Hanoi. Its objective was to describe complementary food consumption of children 13-18 months old by measuring food intake during 24 hours.
This is a cross-sectional study with the combination of both qualitative and quantitative methodologies that was carried out in Yen So commune, Ha Tay province from May 2006 to May 2007.
In Viet Nam, besides the malnutrition status maintained in high prevalence, overweight and obesity prevalence is increasing, especially in big cities as Ho Chi Minh City.
Fortifying rice with micronutrients is an effective way to prevent micronutrient deficiencies. In order to evaluate the feasibility of rice fortification in Vietnam, this study is conducted to evaluate some factors related to the acceptability of multi-micronutrient fortified rice.
The study was conducted at 4 communes of Yen The district, Bac Giang province from 11/2000 to 11/2010. Objectives: Reveal the incidence of low birth weight rate and the relationship between nutritional status of mother and birth weight and birth length of newborn babies.
A control clinical trial was conducted in 10 healthy persons aiming to identify the Glycemic index of some mid-autumn sticky rice cakes (green bean-pineapple leaves, lotus nut-green tea, green bean-gac fruit) using Isomalt.
Objective: To describe physical activity (PA) among 5 year old children. Method: Body weight and height of 96 children (51 boys, 45 girls) at 5 years old at the kindergarten A Ha Noi were measured. Subjects were asked to wear an accelerometer (Omron Active style Pro HJA – 350IT) while awake, during running of walking for 5 consecutive weekdays and not to wear while taking a bath or swimming.
The objective of this study is to investigate the change of phytic acid concentration n 12 common food items through conventional cooking process. The analytical method had been validated using anion exchange chromatography.
Aims: To evaluate the FAO/WHO/UNU equations for predicting resting metabolic rate (RMR) in Vietnamese adolescents and the elderly. Design: Across-sectional study with healthy subjects was done at the Basic Nutrition Department, National Institute of Nutrition, Vietnam.
To validate a method to analyze clenbuterol in pork/ chicken meats by High Performance Liquid Chromatography with detector UV and surveyed the clenbuterol residues in the main foodstuff markets in Hanoi, we carried out a study at Department of food hygiene and safety at the National Institute of Nutrition in 2011.
Case control stunting with 481 stunting children and 450 non-stunting children was carried out in Phu Tho, Nam Dinh, Thai Binh province. The results showed that prevalence of diarrhea in stunting group was 15.6%, significantly higher (p<0.05) than that in non-stunting group (11%).
The objective of this study is to validate ion chromatography method for the determination of Na, K, Mg and Ca in food. Food items were selected from the list that have no data in the Food Composition Table. The food samples were ashed and then diluted by chlohydric acid prior to the quantification of minerals using cation exchange chromatography.
Prevalence of obesity is increasing in primary school children in big cities. Obesity poses a major risk factor for non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, gall-bladder diseases, cancers, which affect people’s health and life-expectancy.
Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of early de-worming and multi-micronutrient supplementation on stunting children who are Pakoh and Van Kieu ethnics in Quang Tri province. Methods: A cluster randomized, controlled clinical trial was conducted among 284 stunting children, in which had 141 worm infection.