VIETNAM NUTRITIONAL PORTAL
Aims: To evaluate the FAO/WHO/UNU equations for predicting resting metabolic rate (RMR) in Vietnamese adolescents and the elderly. Design: Across-sectional study with healthy subjects was done at the Basic Nutrition Department, National Institute of Nutrition, Vietnam.
Prevalence of obesity is increasing in primary school children in big cities. Obesity poses a major risk factor for non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, gall-bladder diseases, cancers, which affect people’s health and life-expectancy.
The clinical trial was conducted in adults, who are overweight/obese. It is evident that the weight reducing milk is safe, convenient and has no side effects. After 6 weeks of trial, the product had the efficacy of reducing weight, which is 5.9% of average body weight (3.9kg).
Nowadays, food hygiene and safety are one of the hottest public issues and become a big con cern for the relevant authorities and the community. Unsafe and unhygienic food seriously harm the public health and cause a big loss for the economy of every country. Unsafe food is the trad ing barrier in the WTO integration period .
The study was conducted in 246 pregnant ethnic anemic women aiming to identify anemia prevalence in pregnant ethnic women living in Dak lak and related factors to anemia in those women. Method: cross-sectional, descriptive analysis. Results: Ate of anemia in pregnant ethnic women in Dak Lak is 50.1%.
Voi was produced in 3 different styles, and packed in 2gr of Voi/set. Voi tea was made by boiling or stewing in hot water in different durations: 10 mm, 20 mm and 30 mm. The collected Vm tea was determined polyphenol content and was tested for taste, smell, favor, and color.
The study was conducted in 108 men aged 40-59 years old. The subjects were divided into 2 groups, each group with 54 men (1 intervention and 1 control). Intervention group was administered with vitamin-fortified fish oil capsules with the dosage of 2gr/day.
The authors overview recent knowledge on the relation between nutrition and cancer, in cluding the history, theories, nutrition and the initiation of cancer, inhibitors and enhancements of cancer in diet. Ten nutrition recommendations to prevent cancer from the International Cancer Re search Fund were mentioned.
The 2006 Dietary Guidelines for the Netherlands are gradually receiving priority by policy-makers and the food industry. Physical exercise and healthy dietary habits for the prevention of overweight are increasingly implemented at schools, workplaces etc.
This study was conducted to investigate the magnitude of overweight and obesity, related factors nationwide. Data on weight, height, blood pressure, percentage body at, waist and hip circumferences were collected. Lipid profiles and blood glucose concentrations were analyzed by standardized methods.
Special attention to pregnancy and first two years of life Encourage rational nutrition at every stage life cycle. Reasonable implementation of the regime and healthy. Inherit and improve the rationality of the traditional way. Maintaining weight "should be" and reasonable physical activity.
The multi - micronutrient enriched powder has been produced from rice (61.76%), soya beans, sesame and premix. The aim of study is to find out the appropriate amount of lysine fortified to the multi-micronutrient enriched powder and to finalize the technology process which ensures to reach the final product containing 1190.25 - 1499 mg lysine/100gram product, which is equivalent to 50-70% baby recommended daily allowance(RDA) of lysine.
The study aimed to explore child nutrition practices of ethnic mothers living forlone time in Tay Nguyen area. The study design was cross-descriptive survey with multi-stag random sampling. There were 1,170 mothers from ethnic groups such as Ede (Daklak), Gia Rai (Gia Lai), Banar (Gia Lai), Xo Dang Kon Turn), M’Nong (Dak Nong) and Co Hor (Lam Dong) interviewed.
The article presents parts of research results in the frame of the General National Survey on obesity in 2005. Objectives: to identify the association between types of physical activities and overweight/obesity status of adults in Vietnam. Design: A representative survey was designed to represent all ecological regions of the country.
The study assessed nutritional status of 110 severe patients who had been given enteral tube feeding with home made high energy liquid consisting of locally available foods such as Rice, green bean, chicken egg, bean sprouts, vegetable oil, sugar, and milk. The results showed that: Average amount of the liquid used for one patient was 2158 ± 342ml/day.
English summary: The clinical trial was conducted in 32 patients at ICU of Bach Mai hospital. They were given enteral feeding with locally available food with the energy intake of 1,800 Kcal/person/day. The results showed that 59.4% of the patients gained in weight with the average weight gain of 0.3 kg (0.5 kg for malnourished patients), albumin level increased by 56.3%, total protein increased by 68.8% (p<0,05).
The antioxidant activities and hypolipidemic effects of aqueous extract from flower buds of Cleistocalyx operculatus (COB) (Roxb.) Merry and Perry, a commonly used material for drink preparation in Vietnam, was investigated in vitro and in diabetic rats.
Food quality preservation is the method in which food products’ life is prolonged without changing the nutritious compositions (physic-chemical values), color, odor, flavor, structure… (sensory analysis values), their hygiene and safety for consumers (microbiological analysis values).
Objective: To determine the satiety index (SI) of some Vietnamese common foods and the correlation of the satiety index and changes in blood glucose with subsequent ad libitum food intake. Methods: A within – subject, repeated measurement study was performed in 23 healthy subjects (aged 18-40y).
Malnutrition in children under 5 years is a community health problem in Viet Nam, especially in the minority children. Objectives: To describe nutritional status, feeding habits and its relation to nutritional status in San chay ethnic children under 5 years.
Nutritional status of women of reproductive age 15- 49 has a great impact on health later on and on race improvement. This study was conducted to determine the proportion of nutrition deficiency, overweight – obesity and anthropometric trends in women of reproductive age 15- 49 in An Giang province in 2007.
Maternal anemia and low birth weight babies are common among rural Vietnamese women, particularly among underweight women. In developing countries, positive maternal and infant health outcomes are associated with intake of animal source foods (ASF).
We conducted a study to assess nutrition and physical activity behavior changes in subject with pre-diabetes in Thanh Hoa, who were divided in two groups: intervention and control during four months (52 persons in intervention group and 43 persons in the other).