VIETNAM NUTRITIONAL PORTAL
Iron deficiency anemia is still a common public health concern in several regions of Vietnam. The prevalence is high in pregnant women and one of effective interventions is iron supplementation. This study aims to investigate knowledge and practices on nutrition and anemia prevention of pregnant women from Muong minority group, as well as relevant factors affecting iron supplementation scheme, from which to develop an effective intervention program for this target group.
A 2-year corhot study, aiming to describe the physical growth characteristics and evaluate the impact of Davita supplementation product (containing micronutrients and protein)on physical growth (weight and length) of children from birth to 24 months old was conducted in Soc Son District, Ha Noi capital from 2007 to 2009.
An epidemiological study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of Vitamin A deficiency in children under 5 and risk factors in Hochiminh city. Methods: A cross sectional survey in 644 children under 5 randomly selected in 30 sub-districts/communes in HCM city. All children were examined for eye damages due to Vitamin A deficiency and acute infections.
A 2-year cohort study, aiming to evaluate impact of nutrition product“davita” (containing multi-micronutrients and protein) on nutritional status of children from birth to 24 months old was conducted in Soc Son District, Ha Noi capital from 2007 to 2009. The results showed that the prevalence of child stunting in Soc Son now is still of high level classified by WHO 1997 (28,7%).
English summary: Fruit maturity shows strong effect on its quality and shelflife. It is more importance for climacteric fruits as persimmon, of which harvesting season last quite short. During the peak time, an abundant supply of fruit makes its commercialization difficult. Therefore, purpose of this study is to determine quality of persimmon fruit cv. Nhanhau harvested at different maturity and their selflife at room temperature. Color of fruit skin was chosen as indicator for their maturity. Fruits were harvested as their skin turn yellow, greenish yellow and green in corresponding with maturity stage of 3, 2 and 1. The results show that the longer fruit stays in the mother tree the higher amount of main chemical content like dry matter, total soluble solid, carotenoid and the lower tannin they have, so quality of their ripen fruits will be better. Beside of that, the yield of more matured fruit is higher (the yield of maturity stage 3 is 3,9% and 11,3% higher than maturity stage 2 and 1). Ripen fruits harvested at maturity stage 3 have the good sensory quality. However, at that maturity their shelflife lasts very short only for 10 days at room temperature. As a result, they could be commercialized at local market or transported for quite short distances; Ripen fruits harvested at maturity stage 2 have the almost the same quality as maturity stage 3 after 10 and 20 days storage at the room temperature. So they could be commercialized at long distance markets or store over peek harvesting season; Although fruits harvested at maturity stage 1 can be last for 30 days at room temperature and their appearance is still possibly acceptable at ripen stage, but taste is not so good. Therefore, they could be used at off-season or for special purpose like fruit decoration.
The authors briefed the current nutrition situation of Vietnam, including maternal and child malnutrition, micro-nutrient deficiencies, overweight/obesity, food intake and maternal nutrition knowledge and capacity of nutrition network. They once again emphasized the importance of preventive approach in nutrition for the country.
The study was conducted from 2000 to 2003 to examine the risk factors of seizures due to hypocalcaemia in children with cohort design. The total of 100 children diagnoses with seizure due to hypocalcaemia in National Hospital of Pediatrics were included in this study. The results showed that there were 60% males among 100 children with seizures due to hypocalcaemia.
Fortifying rice with micronutrients is an effective way to prevent micronutrient deficiencies. In order to evaluate the feasibility of rice fortification in Vietnam, this study is conducted to evaluate some factors related to the acceptability of multi-micronutrient fortified rice.
Nowadays, malnutrition status especially in remote areas is still a public health concern. The study was to evaluate trend of means of Z-score values in nutrition surveys among children under 5 years old in Vietnam from 2003 to 2011.
Case control stunting with 481 stunting children and 450 non-stunting children was carried out in Phu Tho, Nam Dinh, Thai Binh province. The results showed that prevalence of diarrhea in stunting group was 15.6%, significantly higher (p<0.05) than that in non-stunting group (11%).
The aim of this study is to provide an initial data on 15 polycyclic aromatic hyrocarbons (PAHs) contamination in 15 commonly consumed meat products in Hanoi city. 120 processed meat samples were collected from retail food vendors in 8 inner districts of Hanoi city.
A cross-sectional study was conducted from March to July 2011 among 810 children 0-36 months old and their mothers in three communes in 3 coastal plain districts of Khanh Hoa province to explore the situation of child malnutrition and some key indicators of child nutrition care practices of mother.
Study was done in 2007 to assess effect of pyrophosphate ferrous (SaFe) combined with Difructose Anhydrate III (DFA III) to improving IDA. Total of 126 subjects who met the criteria were selected. Subjects were randomly devided into 3 groups as following: taking SaFe + DFAIII tablets, taking sulfate ferrous tablets (FeSO4), and taking placebo tablets every day within 6 months.
The study aiming to investigate the capacity in reducing postprandial glycemia of VOSCAP (extracted from voi leaves, guava leaves, lotus leaves) in 40 type 2 diabetic patients was carried out in Hanoi. There were 2 days to do the experiments: on the first day, patients were given 50 ml of water and a the meal (250 kcal); on the second day (7 days after the first day), all of these 40 patients were given 3 tablets of VOSCAP and then ate the same meal.
The efficacy of using EnPlus milk enriched with energy and micronutrients was investigated in 151 CED subjects (BMI<18.5), 40-79 years old. The subjects received 2 servings (54g/serving) of EnPlus/day, 7 day/wk x 12 wks. The BMI, % fat; serum Hb, retinol and Zn were tested before and at the end of the study.
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.
A cross sectional survey conducted in 224 people in Yen Bai city to assess knowledge and practices of direct street food cooks/salespersons. The results revealed that 17.4% have adequate knowledge on safe water use, 97.8% on using separate utensils for raw and cooked foods, 97.8% on using separate knives and chopping boards, 86.6% on not using hands to take foods....
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.
Objective: to evaluate the intake of antioxidants, namely vitamin E, beta-caroten and lycopene in the diets of Vietnamese adults in 4 geographic regions. The data will be used for further investtigation of the relationship between protective factors and lipid metabolism status.
The study was conducted from 2008 to 2009 at the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) in Hanoi, Vietnam. Objective: to determine the content of protein, lipid, glucid, fiber and essential fatty acids in the dief of adults in four different geographic regions in Vietnam.
A survey on anemia status in pregnant women (PW) in 2006, lactating women and children under 5 years old in 2008 was conducted in HCMC. Objectives: To identify prevalence of anemia, iron deficiency, low iron storage and related factors to anemia & iron deficiency in PW, lactating women and children under 5 years to determine proper intervention approaches.
A cross-sectional survey in 91 mothers to evaluate the breast-milk composition of Vietnamese mother from 29 to 120 days of lactation period was carried out in Hanoi and Hochiminh city. There are 18 acid amines and 3 immunoproteins were assessed in Food Science Laboratory of National Institute of Nutrition.
This study aimed to determine the prevalence of anemia, nutritional status and worm infection in women aged 20-35 in six communes in Luc Nam district, Bac Giang province. Methods: Cross-sectional study.
Effects of intervention using 3 methods combining nutrition education, health management, and daily supplementation of one Nutrient tablet (β-carotene 1 mg, vit. E 10 mg. Vit. C 70mg) for old people have been studied in Thai Binh.