VIETNAM NUTRITIONAL PORTAL
Micronutrients including vitamin A, vitamin D, iron, zinc and selenium play essential roles in host defense. In many populations, children and often pregnant women consume lower amounts of es-sential micronutrients than are recommended, and this may result in more severe of fatal outcomes from common infectious diseases such as measles, diarrhea, and pneumonia and other respiratory diseases.
Tạp chí dinh dưỡng năm 2022- Tập 18 số 1 năm 2022
Plants used for medication purposes contain some specific chemical compositions in different parts of the plant such as in roots, leaves, bloom, stem, fruits, seeds… Sulfur containing compounds (alline, ajoene) in garlic (allium sativum), unsaturated fatty acids, vitamin E in wheat oil (triticum sativum), lecithine compounds in soya bean oil (glycine Max.)…all have effects on cardiovascular treatment.
Tạp chí dinh dưỡng năm 2022- Tập 18 số 1 năm 2022
Reviewing scientific studies on the stature and robustness of Vietnamese adults in 30 years (1975-2005), we have come to the following remarks: In average, the stature and robustness of Vietnamese adults are smaller in comparison with world's classification, but they similar to the regional classification.
Tạp chí dinh dưỡng năm 2022- Tập 18 số 3 + 4 năm 2022
Objectives: To estimate child overweight prevalence among primary school students in Da Nang. Associated factors with child overweight, and caregivers’ knowledge were also explored. Method: In the first stage, 4500 primary school students were measured body weight and height to calculate BMI.
Tạp chí dinh dưỡng năm 2022- Tập 18 số 3 + 4 năm 2022
Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of obesity the elderly and related disorders: hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidaemia. Design: Cross-sectional community survey in Phuong Mai-Ha Noi, Phu Xuan-Hue, Hoa Long-Ba Ria-Vung Tau, in 2000-2001. Subjects: 1277 Persons ≥ 60 years old.
Tạp chí dinh dưỡng năm 2022- Tập 18 số 3 + 4 năm 2022
Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of polydextrose supplementation on improving overweight-obesity and lipidemia disorder. Methods: a community-based control randomized trial in 108 military officers, one group used 20g of Vitan1 (20g polydextrose) per day and the other used placebo.
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.
Nowadays, food poisoning is increasing rapidly all over the country, seriously affecting public health and largely damaging the economy. Statistics show that most of large cases of food poisoning in school and industrial kitchen were due to the foods, which were contaminated by pathogenic bacteria.
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.