VIETNAM NUTRITIONAL PORTAL
The Study aimed to evaluate the effects of milk formula enriched with probiotic and prebiotic (Synbiotic) on nutritional and micronutrient status of children from 18 to 36 months old.
The study described the change in nutritional and anemia status during pregnancy in 165 women rural women during 2011-2015 in Cam Khe district, Phu Tho province. Methods: Using anthropometric measurements and laboratory analysis of biochemical indicators related to anemia at 3 time points: the begining (pre-pregnancy), 16 and 32 weeks of pregnancy.
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.
In this review article, the trends in the nutritional status of Ho Chi Minh population and framework of nutrition strategies. The available data show that the overall nutritional status of Ho Chi Minh population has been improved.
The study was conducted in 6 communes of two districts in Thanh Hoa province: Thach Thanh and Quang Xuong. The results showed that malnutrition prevalence of children under 5 in Thanh Hoa was still high (according to WHO classification): the prevalence of underweight, stunting and wasting was: 16.2%, 23% and 4.6%.
The study aimed to assess stunting status and related factors in children under 5 through a cross sectional survey in Son Hoa commune in 2015. A total of 260 children from 0 to 60 months were measured weight and height and their mothers were interviewed on child feeding practices.
Objective: The study aimed to describe nutritional knowledge of mothers who have children aged 3-5 years old and some related factors at two communes, Tien Du district, Bac Ninh province. Methods: This cross-sectional survey was carried out on 834 mothers who had children aged 3-5 old with direct interviews of mothers using pre-designed questionnaires in two commune (Phu Lam and Lac Ve), Tien Du district, Bac Ninh province, 2015.
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 an unmasked and randomized trial with a total of 144 just-married and non-pregnant women in Cam Khe district, Phu Tho province in order to evaluate the results of intervention to nutritional and anemia status of children 24 weeks of age.
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%.