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Có 828 xuất bản phẩm nghiên cứu khoa học về dinh dưỡng và thực phẩm

Kiến thức, thực hành về an toàn thực phẩm của người trực tiếp sản xuất tại các cơ sở sản xuất chả thuộc thành phố Quy Nhơn, Bình Định năm 2017.

English summary: Using a cross-sectional descriptive study method to assess knowledge and practice on food safety of direct food producers in 61 pork ham establishments in Quy Nhon city, Binh Dinh province, it showed that the percentage of people meeting standard on food safety knowledge was 30.5%, of which, the proportion of people achieving general knowledge was 49.1%; that for specialized knowledge was 58.7%. There were 80.2% of the subjects having certificates on food safety knowledge; 82.6% had periodic medical examinations; 65.3% practiced proper wearing/carrying protection; 54.5% practiced one-way production; 62.9% of the practitioners looked at food label, the expired date of food additives; 96.4% of practitioners estimated food additives based on habits.

The effect of probiotic supplementation Lactobacillus casei Shirota (LcS) on constipation in preschool children aged 3-5 years with functional constipation in 4 communes of Thanh Hoa province in 2017

Functional constipation is a common digestive problem in children. The study was conducted to evaluate the effect of Lactobacillus casei Shirota (LcS) supplemented in fermented yogurt Yakult on constipation improvement in children from 3 to 5 years old suffering functional constipation.

Tình trạng không đạt chuẩn nhân trắc của trẻ em ở một số trường tiểu học vùng nông thôn Hải Phòng.

English summary: While Vietnam has achieved significant reduction of malnutrition among children under five years old, there is a limited data for malnutrition in primary school children. Objectives: This study was conducted 1) to determine the prevalence of malnutrition among children aged 6-9 years old in some primary schools according to WHO and anthropometric growth failure criteria; 2) to determine the associations between some defined socioeconomic status and malnutrition among the children participated the study. Method: Cross-sectional study was conducted to collect weight and height data in 2,334 children in eight primary schools in rural areas in Hai Phong City and socio-economic status data of the children’s family. The CIAF criteria were utilised to identify anthropometric failure in the children. Results: The prevalence of underweight, stunting and wasting was 8.0%, 5.1% and 5.3%, respectively. The prevalence of anthropometric failure was 11.9%. Maternal education level was significantly associated with underweight (OR 3.63; p<0.05, 95%CI: 1.97, 6.69) and anthropometric failure (p<0.01). Conclusion: The prevalence of anthropometric failure among children in 8 primary schools in rural areas in Hai Phong City was high. Studies targeting improved anthropometry and stature of children should take parental education level into account.

Tình trạng ô nhiễm cadmium trong cá và nước ao nuôi cá tại 6 xã ở huyện Vũ Thư, tỉnh Thái Bình.

English summary: Research was conducted to determine the status of cadmium (Cd) contamination in water and fish in 117 ponds in 6 communes of Vu Thu district, Thai Binh province (53 circulating pond and 64 uncirculating ponds). The results showed that: Contamination level in fish of bottom level were 14.87 ± 8.73 ppb (parts per billion) and fish of surface level was 12.86 ± 8.08 ppb with p <0.05; Cd in water of the bottom level was 0.42 ± 1.12 ppb and surface water was 0.23 ± 0.39 ppb. The average Cd content of the fish in the cramped ponds was 15.12 ± 8,91 ppb and in circulating ponds was 12.05 ± 6.95 ppb with p <0.05. The Cd content in cramped pond water was 0.31 ± 0.55 ppb and in the circulating pond was 0.30 ± 0.57 ppb with p> 0.05. Concentration of Cd in fish in average dry season was 14.96 ± 9.5 ppb and rainy season was 12.25 ± 5.97 ppb. Cd concentration in water in the dry season was 0.42 ± 0.85 ppb and the rainy season was 0.16 ± 0.3 ppb with p <0.05.

Tình trạng dinh dưỡng và chế độ nuôi dưỡng bệnh nhân phẫu thuật đường tiêu hóa tại khoa ngoại bệnh viện Đại học Y Hà Nội năm 2016 – 2017.

English summary: Objectives: To assess the nutritional status of the patients before and after surgery as well as to describe the feeding regimen for 7 days after gastrointestinal surgery. Methods: A cross-sectional study of 109 patients having gastrointestinal surgery at Department of Surgery of Hanoi Medical University Hospital from October 2016 to December 2017. Results: The prevalence of patients who had BMI <18.5 kg/m2 was 16.5%. Malnutrition risk according to subjective overall rating with SGA level B and C was 38.5%. In the preoperative stage, the percentage of patients having decreased Serum Albumin and anemia was 35.8% and 31.2%, respectively. During 7 days after the surgery, 81.6% of the patients received combined intravenous and oral feeding, while 9.2% of the patients were fed intravenously. The esophageal surgery had the shortest oral feeding time (2.4 ± 1.5 d), while the longest feeding time was for the small bowel surgery (4.0 ± 1.6 d). First day after the surgery, the patient was fed intravenously with the average energy intake of 816.7 Kcal. Over the following days, the total energy intake only accounted for 50 to 60% of the recommended demand. 8 days after the surgery, 98.1% of patients had weight loss, and 79.8% lost less than 5% of their body weight. The proportion of patients with BMI smaller than 18.5 increased from 16.5% to 23.9%.

Tình trạng dinh dưỡng ở bệnh nhân lao điều trị tại Bệnh viện Phổi Thái Bình năm 2017.

English summary: In a descriptive epidemiological study, 127 tuberculosis patients examined and treated from September 2017 to December 2017 at Thai Binh Lung Hospital was recruited to assess nutrition. It was found that weight at discharge increased compared to the point of admission in the hospital. The rate of malnutrition classified by BMI at discharge was reduced in both age groups compared to admission. According to SGA method, 18.9% of patients were at risk of malnutrition and 33.9% of patients had malnutrition. 7.85% of patients had a protein index of <60 g/l , 83.5% of patients with a protein index of 60-80 g/l and 8.7% of patients with a protein index> 80 g/l; 33.1% of patients had albumin index 28 - <35 g/l, 66.9% had albumin index <28 g/l.

Some indicators assess lipid nutrition status of patients with hepatitis traeated at general hospital, Thai Binh city in 2017

Purpose: The study aims to assess the lipid nutritional status of patients with hepatitis. Methods: A prospective, cross-sectional study was conducted through interviews, weight and height measurements of 124 inpatient hepatitis patients in General Internal Medicine Department, General Hospital, Thai Binh City in 2017.

Thực trạng điều kiện an toàn thực phẩm tại các cơ sở sản xuất chả thuộc thành phố Quy Nhơn, Bình Định năm 2017.

English summary: Using a cross-sectional descriptive study on food safety conditions at 61 establishments producing pork ham in Quy Nhon City, Binh Dinh Province, it is found that 95.1% of establishments were not affected by animals, insects, and microorganisms, 49.2% of establishments had a production area designed on the one-way principle; 47.5% of the establishments had adequate equipment suitable for the production process; 80.3% of the establishments used non-toxic, non-contagious equipment; 39.3% of the establishments had been granted with food safety certificates, 39.3% had met the requirements of wearing hats and having workers’ hair covered in direct contact with the food, 57.4% of the establishments meeting the requirements to wear a mask when in contact with the food, wearing gloves when contact with the food was met by 59% of the establishments.

Assurance of Food hygiene and quality control in Vietnam: challenges and opportunities

This review article briefed the challenges of food hygiene and safety control in Vietnam with updates on the current situation, including the globalization trends, the acceleration of food poisoning and food-born diseases, issues in food production, management and circulation, poor knowledge and practice of consumers.

Kiến thức, thái độ của người dân thành phố Hồ Chí Minh về muối, tần suất sử dụng mì ăn liền và lượng muối trong sản phẩm.

English summary: High salt/sodium consumption is documented to be highly associated with hypertension and related cardiovascular diseases. This study aims to investigate the knowledge and attitudes of the HCMC people about salt and salt reduction products, the average amount of sodium in instant noodles, and the frequency of using of this product. A cross-sectional study was conducted combining qualitative and quantitative methods. Qualitative research on 100 subjects was conducted to determine knowledge and attitudes of people about salt and instant noodles commonly consumed. A quantitative study was conducted to determine sodium content in 30 common instant noodles and the frequency of using this product on 487 subjects. The study found that many subjects knew that eating a lot of salt was associated with high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke. The average salt content of instant noodles was 4.3 grams of salt/pack, nearly equal to one-day salt intake for adults recommended by WHO. Each person consumes 1.2 ± 1.2 packs of instant noodles per week on average. Most of the subjects (61.3%) had a habit of salty eating.

Hoạt động thể lực, tình trạng dinh dưỡng, chế độ ăn của nhân viên công tác tại một số cơ sở y tế của thành phố Hồ Chí Minh và các tỉnh phía nam.

English summary: Objective: To identify the level of physical activity, nutritional status and dietary intake among staffs at some health offices. Method: Cross-sectional study of 85 subjects using convenience sampling from some health offices in April 2018. All subjects were measured height, weight, body composition, 3 continuous days 24 hour recall, step counting during 14 days. Results: The percentage of underweight, overweight and obesity using body mass index indicator were 8.2%, 20.0% and 23.5%, respectively and the percentage of obesity using body fat percentage indicator was 29.8%. The average number of steps per day was 6232± 2522, 35.4% of subjects had an average number of steps lower than 5000 steps/day, 4.8% of subjects had sufficient physical activity, 49.4% of subjects did not do any physical exercise. The average daily energy intake was 1762.7 kcal/day, meeting the minimum RDA for adult with physical activity at low level by age and sex. The ratio of energy intake by protein: lipid: carbohydrates was 16.4% : 28.6% : 55.0%. The average fiber intake was 7.9g. Conclusions: overweight, obesity, imbalance diet, inadequate fiber intake, and insufficient physical activity were concerning issues among staff in health offices. There is a need to confirm these findings with representative sample for health staff.

Nghiên cứu sơ bộ thu nhận và đánh giá chất lượng dầu từ hạt chanh leo.

English summary: This research was conducted to determine the effects of some factors on oil extraction from seeds of passion fruit such as: solvent, the ratio of material/solvent, temperature, extration time, etc. The results showed that n-hexane was an appropriate solvent to extract oil from these seeds. Some proper factors for oil extraction were as follows: material size (≤ 0.2 mm), twice extraction (1 st: 1/6 and 2 nd: 1/5), the ratio of material/solvent (v/w = 1/11), at 60 0 C in 8 h (1 st time: 5h and 2 nd time: 3h). Oil yield obtained 93.4%. The study also evaluated the quality of the oil obtained and analyzed the fatty acid composition in the passion fruit oil. The contents of omega 6 and omega 3 fatty acids were 70.8 - 72.7% and 0.2 - 0.3%, respectively (% dry matter). This is considered to be a good source of omega 6 and omega 3 fatty acids that can be used in the production of functional foods and pharmaceuticals.

A few features on the state-level research Situation and interventions to reduce stunting malnutrition rates in children in Viet Nam

Suy dinh dưỡng (SDD) thấp còi ở trẻ em dưới 5 tuổi vẫn đang là vấn đề có ý nghĩa về sức khỏe cộng đồng đối với các nước đang phát triển. Theo ước tính của Tổ chức Y tế thế giới, có khoảng 150 triệu trẻ em bị SDD, trong đó có tới 70% là trẻ em châu Á. Suy dinh dưỡng thể thấp còi (stunting) là biểu hiện của thiếu dinh dưỡng kéo dài - SDD mạn tính ở trẻ em do thiếu các chất dinh dưỡng cần thiết phối hợp với điều kiện vệ sinh nghèo nàn, mắc các bệnh nhiễm khuẩn nhiều lần và thiếu sự chăm sóc cần thiết.

Actual complementary food consumption of children 6-23 months in 4 communes of Tam Nong district, Phu Tho province

One of the main reasons for elevated stunting rate in children 6-23 months old is the improper complementary feeding practices with the proxy of food consumption. This study aims to describe actual food intake in this particular age group and compare with RDA, thus providing appropriate recommendations for intervention.

Organoleptic and acceptability evaluation of Viaminokid product for stunted children

Objective: The study was conducted to evaluate organoleptic properties and acceptability of granulated nutrition product rich in amino acids and micronutrients (VIAMINOKID) in the community. Methods: The evaluation of organoleptic properties (color, smell, taste) of VIAMINOKID was carried out on 100 mothers at Giap Son and Tan Hoa commune, Luc Ngan district, Bac Giang province.

Effectiveness of multi-nutrient supplementation on improved nutritional status of pregnant women in Yen The district, Bac Giang province

Community-based controlled nutrition intervention trial was conducted on pregnant women at 8-12 gestational age to evaluate the effectiveness of multi-nutrient supplementation on improved nutritional status (weight gain and nutritional anemia) of the subjects.

Risk factors of stunting in children under 2 in Northern Mountain and Central Highland.

The study aims to research risk factors of stunting in children under 2 years old in Northern Mountain and Central Highland. Disease-control study design was applied on 600 children under with disease group (stunted children) and controlled group (non stunted children) in 4 disadvantaged provinces (Lao Cai and Lai Chau in the Northern Mountain; Gia Lai and Kon Tum of Central Highland).

Effectiveness of diet-based intervention using locally available foods on nutritional status of children under 5.

Stunting remains a serious problem among under five children, particularly in the north mountainous region. Diet that did not meet the recommended dietary allowance has been an important cause of stunting. Objective: to investigate the effectiveness of designed menu on height improvement of children aged 12-30 months in Huu Lung district, Lang Son province.

Tình trạng dinh dưỡng của trẻ dưới 5 tuổi bị biếng ăn tại Bệnh viện Nhi trung ương.

English summary: Objectives: To assess nutritional status of under 5-year-old anorexia children at the nutrition clinic in National Hospital of Pediatrics. Subjects: 124 children under 5 years old and their mothers. Study method: Cross sectional descriptive study. Results: The rate of anorexia was highest among children aged 12-24 months (38.7%) and the rate of malnutrition was also highest in this age group (30.4%). Anorexia was very rare in children <6 months of age (4%) and wasting was not found. The rate of malnutrition among anorexia children is highest in stunting (32.3%), then underweight (28.2%) and wasting (13.71%), but mostly moderate malnutrition (77.5-88.6%). Underweight was more common in children 48-60 months of age (31.6%), stunting was more common in children aged 12-24 months (35%) followed by children aged 24-36 months (22.5%).

Physical activity is one of the important factors for improving human health status and disease prevention

Physical activity is one of the important factors for improving human health status and disease prevention. Physical inactivity is the fourth top cause for global mortality. Objectives: to determine the prevalence of children, who met recommendations for physical activity and sedentary activity, and some characteristics of the physical activity pattern among children in some primary schools in Hai Phong city.

Physical activity questionnaire (PAQ) is usually utilised to investigate physical activity (PA) patterns

Physical activity questionnaire (PAQ) is usually utilised to investigate physical activity (PA) patterns. Objective: This study was conducted to assess the reliability of a constructed PAQ in primary school children. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted using the constructed PAQ.

The nutritional status of pregnant women and birth weight and birth length of newborns in Binh Duong province in 2012.

Chronic energy Deficiency (CED), anemia of pregnant women, low birth weight, child malnutrition are public health concerns. There was a close association between maternal health and child health even in their later life. Mothers with CED and anemia are more likely to have low birth weight infants. Those with short statue are at risk to have low birth length infants.

Kiến thức về sử dụng hóa chất bảo vệ thực vật của người trồng rau tại 2 xã Vũ Phúc, Vũ Chính, tỉnh Thái Bình năm 2017.

English summary: A descriptive, cross-sectional study was implemented among 400 vegetable growers to describe their knowledge on using plant protection chemicals (PPCs) in Vu Phuc and Vu Chinh commune, Thai Binh province in 2017. The results showed that the majority of the vegetable growers knew the PPCs were substances used for killing insects (over 98.0%). However, the percentage of vegetable growers understanding the importance of fully protecting methods when spraying chemicals was very low, only 8.0% among those at secondary education level and above and 8.1% among those at lower levels. The percentage of vegetable growers understanding safety principles when using PPCs in the group having higher educational levels was greater than that of the remaining groups (83.4% and 68.9%, respectively).

Body composition characteristics of adolescents aged 11-14 in ethnic minority boarding schools in Van Chan district, Yen Bai province, 2017

Nutrition status of adolescent is an important public health concern. Cross-sectional study was conducted on 1,472 children in ethnic minority boarding schools in Van Chan district, Yen Bai Province in 2017 to describe body composition features of adolescents aged 11-14 in the mountain region.

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