Food and nutrition research

A cross-sectional survey conducted in mothers of children under 36 months old from the ethnic minority groups, which are Ede (in Dak Lak), Gia Lai and Ba Na (in Gia Lai), M’Nong (in Dak Nong), Xo Dang (in Kon Tum) and Co Ho (in Lam Dong). 

Among the variety of fruits and vegetables in Vietnam, Momordica Cochinchinesnsis Spreng (Gac fruit) is the most popular fruit and has precious nutrition values. Red pulp seed membrane contains high content of carotenoids, Vitamin E and unsaturated fatty acids, especially lycopene content is 59.4mg/100g fresh weight, which is higher than other fruits. Lycopene has the highest antioxidant activity among all the carotenoids. 

1. Encourage feeding infants and young children appropriately; 2. Improving feeding practices; 3. Implementation of priority activities shall; 4. Global recommendations on infant feeding and infant.

This article reviewed the keystones of activities and prevention strategy on vitamin A and iron deficiency control in Vietnam; the changing trends of deficiency prevalences in the community; some studies in Vietnam on the effectiveness of interventions and orientation for micronutrient deficiency control in the coming period.

This paper reports the development of a highly selective and sensitive method for the determination of parts-per-billion level of chloropropanols consisting of 1,3-dichloropropan-2-ol (1,3-DCP) and 3-chloropropane-1,2-diol (3-MCPD) in soy sauce and thick soy sauce. 

This is a cross-sectional study with the combination of both qualitative and quantitative methodologies that was carried out in Yen So commune, Ha Tay province from May 2006 to May 2007. 

During embryonic development, thymus seeding by T-lymphoid progenitor cells is a prerequisite for T-cell development. However, which molecules can respond with hypoxia condition of the fetal thymus colonization at prevascular stages are unclear. 

Weight, height, triceps and sub scapular skin-fold thick nesses of 1382 adolescents aged 11-17 in Secondary and High schools, which were located in Bac Ninh province and Hanoi City from September 2001 to January 2002 measured then the nutritional status was classified to base on BMI for age. 

The study is to evaluate the effectiveness of vitamin A fortified cooking oil on nutritional status of  children aged 3-5 years. A double-blind, randomized controlled trial was conducted among 304 children aged 3 to 5 years who were randomly assigned to the experimental and control group. 

The study among 599 people including 295 men and 304 women from 24 to 74 years old at 4 old urban districts of Hanoi aimed to identify nutritional conditions, blood lipid indices and some factors associated with lipid disorder. The information on education levels, daily activities, and eating and drinking habits was collected by a questionnaire. 

Based on the evidence of the role of diet and lifestyle in the prevention of type II diabetes, it is recommended to maintain weight at the lower limit of normal BMI (21-23), active regular physical activities, belly fat, maintain a diet low in saturated fatty acid (less than 7% of total energy). 

A control clinical trial was conducted in 10 healthy persons aiming to identify the Glycemic index of some mid-autumn sticky rice cakes (green bean-pineapple leaves, lotus nut-green tea, green bean-gac fruit) using Isomalt.

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). 

The study was carried out in over six months on 450 children from 7-8 years old in three primary schools in Yen Phong District, Bac Ninh Province. The selected children were divided into three groups: group 1 was given milk enriched with multi -micronutrients, group 2 - standard milk, and group 3 was the control group. 

Cách tính tuổi và phân loại lớp tuổi: Sử dụng cách tính tuổi và phân loại lớp tuổi của WHO 1983, 1995. Các nhóm tuổi trong đánh giá thừa cân, béo phì như sau: Ví dụ: Trẻ dưới 1 tuổi: Từ sơ sinh đến 11 tháng 29 ngày. Trẻ < 5 tuổi là: Từ sơ sinh đến 59 tháng 29 ngày. 5 – 9 tuổi là: 60  tháng đến tròn 8 năm 11 tháng 30 ngày. 10-19 tuổi: 10 tuổi – 18 năm 11 tháng 30 ngày. 

Serum vitamin A (VA) concentration of children under 5y, milk –VA levels, and some related – risk factors were assessed by using WHOs’ reference, to determine the sub – clinical VA deficiency in 4 ecologicals areas in Vietnam, in order to carry out the methods oriented to liquid the VA deficiency during the next years. 

A randomized community controlled trial was carried out in 3 communes of Thua Thien Hue province to assess the impact of early supplementation of high dose of VA on ponderal and linear growth of infants from birth to 6 months of age and the safety of VA supplementation. 

This study showed that PDP (chitosan) can be used as food additive in some of Vietnamese traditional food products such as pork luncheon & rice crepe. Perceptible test: Food products with PDP additive look like as those with borax (p>0,05) and are different from ones without food additive (p<0.05). 

The study on contamination of food borne bacterial pathogen in food items available in the canteens of kindergarten school in Hanoi was carried out from October 2004 to January 2005 to provide data on microbiological contamination of food items with respect to Salmonella, Campylobacter jejuni, Escherichia coli contamination. 

Malnutrition, particularly stunting is still a public health problem with a very high prevalence in Vietnam. This retrospective cohort study aimed to investigate the association between early childhood stunting with cognitive performance and their determinants among Vietnamese schoolchildren in a commune of Ha Tay province of Vietnam. 

The study was conducted to determine and compare blood Glucose level after consuming moon cakes using Isomalt and moon cakes using Sucrose. A controlled and clinical trial was carried out on 10 healthy adults. 

From the 19 th century, many biologists revealed the secular trends to increasing adult height in most European countries. This phenomenon defined by the fact that the average value of height and weight of the young generation is higher than their parents and the age to get the maximum value come sooner.