VIETNAM NUTRITIONAL PORTAL
Micronutrient (vitamin, minerals and trace elements) involved in almost metabolism processes of the body: enzyme activities, reproduction and growth of the cellule. Thus directly or indirectly they have important roles in regulating the growth of the human body.
An evaluation survey on the impact nutrition intervention activities was conducted in Thuong Tin district in April 2004. The survey’s objective was to assess the impact of 10 year-multisectoral intervention activities on household food security and nutritional status of mothers and children.
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.
Objective: The aims of this study are to validate a HPLC method for the determination of PAH compounds in food, and to provide initial data on PAH contamination levels in common foods from meat, fish and starch sources, which were processed by direct contact with heating source like grill, barbecue, or being fried in oil.
Total 120 high risk food samples including of fermented meat products, cooked entrails and vegetables eaten raw served at ambient temperature in Hanoi market were examined for microbiological quality. In general, 100% of processed meat were high aerobic plate counts, 80% were high coliform contaminated and exceeding, the bacterial standard.
During embryonic development, thymus seeding by T-lymphoid progenitor cells is a prerequisite for T-cell development. However, which molecules can respond with hypoxia condition of the fetal thymus colonization at prevascular stages are unclear.
Food consumption has been long found being closely related to community health. By comparing the food consumption patterns in Vietnam during the xx century (1940 - 2000) it is shown that there was no change in characteristics of Vietnamese food consumption pattern through different periods up to 1990.
Nowadays, the rate of malnutrition is still high in Vietnam. It is difficult for all the practitioners in treating and rehabilitating these patients because there are a member of many combined causal factors such as lack of food intake, unappropriate maternal nutrition knowledge and diseases.
Objectives: To determine the prevalence of iodine deficiency (urinary iodine < 10 µg/dl) and related factors in pregnant women in HCMC. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 776 pregnant women HCMC. Casual spot urine in the morning of survey and a sample of using salt were collected from each subject to measure iodine. Iodine deficiency was classified into 3 groups as severe (urinary iodine < µg/dl), moderate (2-4.9 µg/dl), and mild (5-9.9 µg/dl).
The study is to evaluate the effectiveness of vitamin A fortified cooking oil on nutritional status of children aged 3-5 years. A double-blind, randomized controlled trial was conducted among 304 children aged 3 to 5 years who were randomly assigned to the experimental and control group.
A cross-sectional and community trial among children 6-23 months of age were conducted from March to May 2007 in 4 communes, Yen The district, Bac Giang province. The finding showed that Prevalence of stunting was 35.9%, wasting was 20.1% and anemia was 55.6%.
Aims: To investigate the nutritional status of outpatients with type 2 diabetes at Quang Xuong District General Hospital, Thanh Hoa in 2022. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 400 outpatients. Each subject's weight, height, waist and hip circumference was measured; waist to hip ratio and body mass index (BMI) were calculated.
The study aims to determine antibacterial effects of several herbal plants on the growth and toxin production of S.aureus. Antibacterial activity of four herbal plants: Houttuynia cordata, Mentha species, Artemisia vulgaris car.indica and Allium sativum, was exam-ined against a reference strain (S.aureus ATCC 25923) using a novel microtiter plate method.
The prevalence of underweight among children, who come for health examine and treatment in Hue hospital 2005 was 20.9%, among which the higher was mild degree (16.6%) and among male higher than female. Underweight of children 36-48 months of age accounted for 28.2%.
To find an effective model for child malnutrition prevention interventions, the Nutrition Center HCM city has selected An Thoi Dong commune in Can Gio district, where the child underweight prevalence is high (11.1%) for development of the project “child malnutrition control model”. Objective: to evaluate the project’s effectiveness on child nutrition improvement through the interventions of communication and nutrition practices.
A cross-sectional analytic study was conducted aimed to assess actual rate of overweight-obesity among rural adults aged 25-64 and to investigate factors related to overweight-obesity. The results showed that: The rate of to overweight-obesity among rural Bac Giang, Bac Ninh and Quang Ninh adults aged 25-64 was 13.9% in average, 15.6% in men and 12.0% in women.
Recently the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea, announced the “Dietary Guidelines for Korean Adults (DGKA),” which includes ten Dietary Goals, six Dietary Guidelines, and twenty-three Action Guidelines. DGKA are developed as the revision of the 2003 Dietary Guidelines for Koreans, targeting adult population.
Support to improve nutritional status and health through measures to ensure water safety is the involvement of communities in three rural communes of Vietnam (Swan Project) conducted by the Institute of Nutrition and Institute International Life Science Center Japan to enhance health (ILSI Japan CHP), with funding support from the Organization Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) under development partners program (JPP).
The activities of nutrition and nutrition research in the future will continue to focus on tackling malnutrition in our country, also understanding and monitoring of nutritional problems emerging, first of overweight, obesity.
A cross sectional study in 992 high-ranking officers of Antiaircraft- Air Force Arm in September 2007 showed that: The rate of overweight and obesity was 55.8%. The rate of overweight-obesity of men was higher than women. Waist/ Hip ratio (WHR) > 0.90 of men was 34.3%, (WHR) > 0.85 of women was 30.7%.
Providing good care pregnant women for a better pregnant outcome in an early preventive strategy in heath and nutrition care nowadays in many countries.
Aims: To describe actual food intake of women aged 40-65 years with BMI ≥ 23 kg/m2 in Hanoi, 2016. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted on women aged 40-65 years with BMI ≥ 23 kg/m2 in Hanoi, 2016. Results: The average age was approximately 52 years old with BMI= 25.6±3.8 kg/m2. The dietary energy level of the study subjects was 1628 (1589,2; 1705,5) kcal /person/day.
Objectives: To assess the effects of zinc supplementation on malnourished children with normal serum zinc concentration. Method: A randomized, controlled, single-blinded clinical trial.
The study was carried out in over six months on 450 children from 7-8 years old in three primary schools in Yen Phong District, Bac Ninh Province. The selected children were divided into three groups: group 1 was given milk enriched with multi -micronutrients, group 2 - standard milk, and group 3 was the control group.