VIETNAM NUTRITIONAL PORTAL
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).
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: To describe nutritional status of outpatients with type 2 diabetes and some related factors at Nguyen Tri Phuong Hospital, Ho Chi Minh city.
Aims: To determine the nutritional status and factors associated to overweight and obesity in type 2 diabetes (T2D) inpatients at the Department of Nephrology - Endocrinology, Viet Tiep Friendship Hospital in 2023 - 2024.
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 determine the suitable maltodextrin ratio in the production process of soluble orange power from CS1 variety.
The results of the study on 3647 primary school children(6-11 years old) in Dongda district - Hanoi showed that the prevalence of overweight was rather high(9,9%) and the precentage of overweight among the male children (12,9%) was higher than that of the famales(6,7%).
Aims: The study aimed to determine the active ingredients, antibacterial and antioxidant properties of C. citratus leaf extract in water, 96% ethanol, and 96% methanol.
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.
A meta-analyze on vitamin A (VA) and anemia surveys during 1994-2000 was carried out in order to determine the trend of VA deficiency and anemia in Vietnam, and to recommend new control measures for national program in the next year.
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%.