VIETNAM NUTRITIONAL PORTAL
A cross-sectional study of 330 mothers, who have children under 3 months in Yen Dung district, Bac Giang province was conducted to describe their knowledge and attitude on HepB vaccination birth dose. Results showed that the proportion of mothers with proper knowledge on HepB vaccination was low (44.5%).
Objective: To compare the nutritional status in CHD children before and after surgery, to identify the association between acute malnutrition and epidemiological and nutritional characteristics. Methods: prospective, descriptive and case-series analysis. Subjects were consecutive patients with CHD aged 0-24 months admitted to Cardiology ward, The Children's Hospital 1 for cardiac surgery from May-Sept 2013.
Gelatin is an important polipeptide having many applications in food, cosmetics, pharmacy, photography industry. Gelatin is produced from animal skin and bone, and fish skin. Gelatin for food industry is produced mainly from bovine and porcine skin, from which gelatine from porcince accounted up to 40% production in 2013.
Malnutrition in children under 5 years is a community health problem in Viet Nam, especially in the minority children. Objectives: To describe nutritional status, feeding habits and its relation to nutritional status in San chay ethnic children under 5 years.
Overweight and obesity is a health concern in both developed and developing countries with double increase in rate compared to the 1980’s decade of the last century. Obesity is considered as the fifth leading cause of global deaths. Decreased physical activity and increased sedentary activity are major risks of overweight and obesity.
Objective: To describe dietary characteristics of obese children, who came to Hochiminh city Nutrition Center for treatment. Methods: Measure height and weight, interview 24h-recall dietary intake of 331 obese children from 6-18 years old, who came to HCMC Nutrition Center for treatment. Average energy and nutrient intake of the children were compared to RDA for Vietnamese people.
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.
In this study, some factors affecting on the growth of Spirulina platensis including initial seed optical density, photoperiod, light intensity and temperature in 250 mL flasks scale and 1.5L plastic bottle were investigated.
Vietnamese people currently use a lot of salty seasonings other than salt to prepare foods such as seasoning granule, which were not iodized. This may be one of the reasons for increasing iodine deficiency in Vietnamese people. Objectives: To develop a new formula and processing procedure to fortify iodine in seasoning granule.
The objective of the study was to investigate the behaviors for sausage products in the market of Hanoi consumers (n = 150). Questionnaire survey was designed on two key issues: sausage market information and consumer choice on sausage products.
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).
Proper nutrition is very important for good health. A cross-sectional study on 352 adolescent girls to evaluate nutrition knowledge, practices and actual diet.
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.
The authors conducted a study on 64 diabetes patients, who were treated at Hospital 19.8. These patients were divided into 2 groups: Group 1 (intervention group) received counseling on nutrition and were given special diet by the Department of Nutrition in 03 weeks.
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.
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%.