VIETNAM NUTRITIONAL PORTAL
Objective: To determine optimal cut offs for anthropometric indicators to identify increased cardiovascular disease and diabetes risks, and to assess the prevalence of overweight and obesity and obesity related risk factors among Vietnamese adults living in urban areas of Hochiminh City (HCMC), Vietnam. Design: This cross sectional survey was conducted in the local health stations of 30 randomly selected wards, which represented all 13 urban districts of HCMC, over a period of two months from March to April 2004.
The study was implemented in 3 communes of Kien Xuong district, Thai Binh province. Sampling was randomly selected by cluters of households to direct interview 610 heads of households, chosen 45 samples of peanut and 45 samples of soybean and examined fungus.
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.
A Knowledge-Practice–Coverage (KPC) baseline survey has been conducted in 6 project 6 IFEN II project provinces and one commune of Ha Tay aimed to gather information on breastfeeding and child feeding/care knowledge and practices. The results showed: The rate of mother gave breastfeeding to the child before 1 hour after birth among 6 project provinces was 45.8% in average, lower than that in Ha Tay 2006, 69.4%.
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.
The study was conducted in 3 different areas of Lao Cai province: City and central towns, rural mountains adjustcent to area 1, and high mountains. The results showed that malnutrition prevalence of children under 5 in Lao Cai was still very high (according to WHO’s classification), and it varied by different areas. In all of the indicators, child malnutrition was highest in area 3 and lowest in area 1.
A cross- sectional study on more than 1600 reproductive- aged women was conducted in 2004 in Thanh mien district, Hai Duong province. The objective of the study was to assess nutritional status and anemia among women in reproductive age from 15 to 49.
The research was conducted in 2004. The subjects of the research were children between 6 and 11 years of age. 1835 children in 4 out of 42 primary schools in urban Buon Ma Thuot city were chosen. The results showed that the prevalence of overweight and obesity was 10.4%. The factors related to overweight and obesity in children were found to be eating habits and physical activities as well as parental overweight status and knowledge.
Aims: To investigate the effects of ratio and time of extraction of red artichoke flowers on nutritional value and sensory value of the product and investigate the effects of cooking times on the nutritional value and sensory value of the product. Methods: The study was conducted at a laboratory scale. Hardness measurement (BROOKFIELD texture analysis machine).
This study was carried out to determine the nutritional status, prevalence of anemia, intestinal parasitic infection, and some common infectious diseases among school-aged children in low socioeconomic areas in rural northern Vietnam.
Transversal study was carried out in 1175 children <5y, 934 pregnancy women and 1120 non-pregnant women, during March 2006 (mild term of the National Strategy on Nutrition, 2001-2010 period) in order to determine the prevalence of anemia in children <5y, women in reproductive age in 6 provinces (Hanoi, Hue, Bac Kan, Bac Ninh, An Giang, Dac Lak) in Vietnam.
In our country the evidence on the nutrition transition have occurred, are being made recently. Double burden of malnutrition, common phenomenon in the nutrition transition in developing countries has been reported in Vietnam on a remarkably.
Reviewing 571 records for malnutrition treatment at Nutrition ward in Pediatric hospital I revealed that: The major causes of malnutrition were poor maternal nutrition knowledge (68%) with 67.3% of the patients having late breastfeeding initiation after birth; 89.8% of the patients beeing weaned before 12 months old;
Nowadays, Vietnam has a lot of foods poisoning and other diseases, which are caused by foods population in every year. The reasons loses safety of foods hygiene are very various, the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) about the safety of foods hygiene of fours objects (producer, trade, consumer and manager) play important part.
Oxidized low density lipoprotein (LDL) is considered a risk factors for atherosclerosis, and polyphenols are the potenial agents to inhibit the oxidation of LDL. We have identified the polyphenol contents and the antioxidant activities of 12 kinds of herbs in Vietnam.
In November 2005, 35 pork meat samples were collected in 6 large markets in 5 districts in Hanoi to identify the concentration of some heavy metals such as Pb, Cd, Cu and As, and the residue of Enrofloxacin antibiotic micro-organism contamination with E.Coli and Salmonella in the pork meat.
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.
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.
To determine the exposure of the consumer to food contaminated and what pesticides people possibly consume, a baseline survey on pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables was performed in 3 cities including Hanoi, Hue and Ho Chi Minh city.
Aims: To describe the nutritional status of hypertensive outpatients. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 350 hypertensive outpatients treated at Sam Son City General Hospital, Thanh Hoa province. Results: The average BMI was 23.6±2.8 (kg/m2) in men and 23.9±3.1 (kg/m2) in women.
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.
Nutritional status and their risk factors have been investigated in 93 hemodialysis patients in Thanhnhan hospiatal - Hanoi, during November 2004 – July 2005. Results indicated that prevalence of chronic energy malnutrition (BMI <18.5) is 38.7% (28.6% in female, 44.8% in male). Prevalence of overweight and obesity (BMI >23) is 14% (25.7% in female, 6.9% in male);
The study which carried out on 1488 adult subjects aged 20-70 years in the hospital 198 showed that: The prevalence of hypertension was high with 16.8% of total subjects, among which this prevalence of 20.9% in men were significantly higher than that of 9.9% in women (P<0.001).
Purpose of study: To comparethe result of early enteral versus parenteral nutrion about the immunology, nutriments and side effects on severe traumatic patients. Patients and methods: The study was carried on traumatic patients who treated in surgical ICU of Vietduc hospital from april to october2003. It was divided in two groups.