VIETNAM NUTRITIONAL PORTAL
Demanded by the current situation of nutritional issues in the community in Vietnam, the National Institute of Nutrition has been invested by the Ministry of Science and Technology to research and develop a smart nutrition consulting system for the community and patient groups (VNSNutrition). The research was implemented from September 2020 to September 2024.
A cross-sectional study on bacterial contamination of cooked foods available in the canteens of kindergartens in Hadong town was carried out from October 2005 to January 2006. A total of 144 boiled water and cooker food samples collected from 12 canteens were examined for selected microbiological parameters of the Decision No.867/1998/QD-BYT issued by the Minister of Health on hygienic standards.
Aims: Body mass index (BMI) is a popular tool to assess nutritional status, with two main classification scales globally recommended (WHO-1998) and regionally recommended for Asians (WPRO/IASO/IOTF- 2000). This study aims to compare the prevalence of overweight-obesity among people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) in Vietnam using both BMI classifications, to provide updated data and recommendations for preventive strategies and management of the disease.
Aims: To develop a protocol for geneotyping the LIPC rs2070895 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), using the allele-specific primer (AS-PCR) method.
The study analyzing nutritional values of 27 traditional food producted from rice, glutinous rice, flour, peanuts, millet, green bean and sugar, which are commonly consumed in Vietnam, was conducted from April to December 2006.
Aims: To assess the nutritional status and describe some factors related to the nutritional status of colorectal cancer patients before surgery at Vinmec Times City Hospital in 2023 - 2024.
Basing on the conducting offical dispatch of the Health Minister on implementation the National Nutrition Strategy, a conducting committee of 14 officers was established to set up implementation plan 2001 – 2002, in which each member is assigned responsibility and task.
Aims: The study aims to determine the prevalence of stunting, the rate of substandard height velocity (HV), and some nutritional characteristics in infants aged 0 - 5 months attending the High-Quality Outpatient Clinic, Children's Hospital 2 (NĐ2).
This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness and lessons learned from the application of Excel software into the weighing program for children under 5 at the communal level and using Epi Info in analyzing nutritional data at the provincial level in the national malnutrition control program in Da Nang city from January 2004 to July 2006.
A cross-sectional study was carried out on children from 6 to 23 months old in 3 rural communes, Cam khe District, Phu Tho province in 2006. The findings showed that malnutrition rates were 24.4 %( W/A), 20.6% (H/A), and 2.4 %( W/H).
Across- sectional study was done in 2005 to identify hypertension prevalence in adults living in Daklak province. Total of 931 adults aged from 25 years and over, without other chronic diseases in 30 communes were chosen and checked-up. The results showed that the crude hypertension prevalence in Daklak province was 17.5%.
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.
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%.