VIETNAM NUTRITIONAL PORTAL
Aims: To describe the prevalence of sarcopenia using different classification scales among the elderly in Dong Hoang commune, Dong Hung district, Thai Binh province.
Aims: This study aimed to determine the nutritional status and quality of life among diabetic patients and assess the relationships between the two aspects.
The article presents parts of research results in the frame of the General National Survey on obesity in 2005. Objectives: to identify the association between types of physical activities and overweight/obesity status of adults in Vietnam. Design: A representative survey was designed to represent all ecological regions of the country.
With a long-standing vegetarian practice of Buddhism tradition and increasing attention towards health and environment, there are more and more Vietnamese people converting to vegans and this becomes a popular consumption trend in Vietnam. For a better understanding of the vegetarian’s conception and consumption habits and behavior of consumers, a survey has been carried out on 334 people randomly selected in Ho Chi Minh City.
Aims: To determine the factors affecting the intention to use alcoholic beverages of students in Ho Chi Minh City, thereby providing a basis for intervention programs to reduce this behavior.
Aims: This study aims to determine the characteristics of patients indicated for I-131 treatment following complete thyroidectomy. The findings will assist Vietnamese nutritionists in developing appropriate guidelines and intervention methods.
Birth weight is associated with many factors, such as those of the fetus, maternal nutritional status, morbidity and living conditions of the women before and during pregnancy. The monitoring and collecting data on birth weight in the mountains and for ethnic minorities are very difficult.
Cardiovascular diseases are a major cause of death globally, including in Vietnam. In recent years, there has been a rise in younger people developing cardiovascular diseases due to unhealthy lifestyles and diets.
English summary: The clinical trial was conducted in 32 patients at ICU of Bach Mai hospital. They were given enteral feeding with locally available food with the energy intake of 1,800 Kcal/person/day. The results showed that 59.4% of the patients gained in weight with the average weight gain of 0.3 kg (0.5 kg for malnourished patients), albumin level increased by 56.3%, total protein increased by 68.8% (p<0,05).
A cross-sectional study has been conducted in 210 pregnant women at 5 communes of Dai Tu district, Thai Nguyen province to determine the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency. Serum 25(OH) D was measured by HPLC method. Results: The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency 25(OH) D <50 nmol/L was 22.4%, among them: 21% had mild vitamin D deficiency and 1.4% had moderate vitamin D deficiency.
Rice variety DT39 Que Lam was certified as a new variety by Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in 2013. This is the research result of Institute of Agriculture Genetics based on the use of irradiation treatment gamma ray cobalt source at the dose of 200Gy with Bac Thom 7 variety.
Objective: This study was to identify the prevalence of malnutrition in patients admitted to gastroenterology and endocrinology ward in Bach mai hospital. Methods: 308 patients admitted to a gastroenterology and endocrinology ward were enrolled in the investigation.
Seventeen different kinds of amino acids were quantified in a study, using high performance liquid chromatography method (HPLC) in the Lab of Food hygiene and food safety control center of the National Institute of Nutrition.
After the Renovation, Vietnam’s economy has been developing rapidly. As the results, Vietnamese people’s diets have also been improved. To assess the change on Hanoi outskirt citizens’ diets, a study “Household dietary changes after 6 years (1999 - 2005) in 6 communes of Dong anh district, Hanoi” was conducted in May and June, 2005 and compared with data in 1999.
Objective: To assess the status of malnutrition and to examine the prevalence of respiratory infections, digestive disorders (diarrhea, constipation) on stunted children. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was carried out on 1,640 children from 12 to 47 months of age in 04 communes of Luc Ngan District, Bac Giang Province.
Tay Nguyen Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology carried out investigation on pesticide residue in green vegetables at two cities and two towns in 4 provinces of Tay Nguyen. The results showed that: Green vegetables with pesticide residue have the average rate of 61.20%, the rate of samples having pesticide residue with excess of the allowable criterion was 6.8%.
This study was carried out on healthy adults aged from 20 to 34. Two experiments: drinking glucose and eating moon cakes containing isomalt were taken by these subjects and at least one week apart.
The assessment of food safety and sanitary conditions at 20 kitchens of half day boarding primary schools in Dong Da, Hanoi was carried out from February to August, 2007. The results indicated that: 50% of kitchens did not meet with the sanitary conditions and water supply requirements of the Ministry of Health.
A cross-sectional study in 11 sub-districts of Thanh Hoa city was conducted during 2006-2007 with 240 ready-to-eat food samples, 30 cooking utensil samples, 40 cooker hand samples, and 310 KAP interviews to food vendors. Results revealed that the contamination rate of street foods and cooking utensils was upto 57.74%.
HPLC method to determine the content of vitamin D (D2 and D3) in food is widely used in the world. The sample is saponified with an ethanol solution of potassium hydroxide at room temperature overnight or at 75 degree C for an hour.
The main objective is to determine the prevalence of diabetes and related factors in Danang. The research is a comparative cross-sectional study of 2100 subjects in the age groups from 20 to 64 years old. The sample was selected systematically by probability proportional to size method. The diabetes prevalence in 20-64 year-old group in Danang was 7.38%.