VIETNAM NUTRITIONAL PORTAL
A cross-sectional study on 300 mothers, who had normal delivery at the Obstetric Department of Hung Yen General Hospital and their newborns was carried out from October to December 2003. The findings showed that: Average birth weight and birth length were 3,090 grams and 49.5 centimeters, respectively.
An assessment of the current food intake and nutritional status among adolescent girls was carried out on 1202 female students at secondary and high schools in Duy Tien (Ha Nam province).
A case-control study was carried out in 226 dead newborns in 2004 and 227 alive infants born in the period from 1st January 2004 to 31st December 2004 (matched by sex, age, and location with the dead newborns) in 232 communes of Hanoi. The results were as follows: In 2004, the neonatal mortality rate in Hanoi city was 7.35%o.
Birth weight is defined to be closely associated to maternal nutritional status before conception and during pregnancy. The collecting and monitoring of data on birth weight in rural Vietnam encounter many difficulties, leading to the underestimation of low birth weight rate.
A cross-sectional study was carried out at the end of 2005 to assess the nutritional status in children 11-14 years old in Binh Luc district, Ha Nam province. Body weight, height of 2671 children (male/female= 50.6%/49.4%) were collected and compared with those of Vietnamese children of the same age and gender in 2 previous periods: before 1975 and between 1981‑1985.
This is a summary of results of a key Stare’s science- technology project KC10.DA15 (2001-2005), which was approved at institutional level on Mar 19, 2006. The defined objectives of this project have been achieved, based on the following outcomes...
In the period 1975-2000, trends were observed positive secular growth in height and weight in children, including infants and children age 1 to 15, reflecting the socio-economic status and Vietnam nutrition improved markedly after 20 years of innovation.
Food consumption has been long found being closely related to community health. By comparing the food consumption patterns in Vietnam during the XX century (1940 - 2000) it is shown that there was no change in characteristics of Vietnamese food consumption pattern through different periods up to 1990. In general, it was a poor rice based diet with low intake of animal protein and fat.
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).
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.
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.
Oxidized low density lipoprotein (LDL) is considered a risk factors for atherosclerosis, and polyphenols are the potenial agents to inhibit the oxidation of LDL. We have identified the polyphenol contents and the antioxidant activities of 12 kinds of herbs in Vietnam.
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.
Review and analysis based on food consumption data of Vietnamese population during the past two decades (1985 – 2005) in various studies done by the National Survey 1985 on 25 areas nationwide, National Nutrition Survey 1999, General Nutrition Survey 2000, General Nutrition Survey 2005...
Objectives: A cross sectional descriptive study was conducted on 30 children aged 7 – 60 months and their mothers in Quai To and Tenh Phong communes. Tuan Giao district, Dien Bien province, to describe the diet of the children and knowledge and practices on child care of their mothers.
Reinforcing capacity and effectiveness of the nutrition service network in both community and health care facilities is one of the six important objectives of the national nutrition strategy (NNS) for 2011 – 2020, with a vision toward 2030. A cross-sectional description study was carried out to assess the capacity building for the implementation of the NNS.
A prospective study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of nutrition counseling and dietary management to stabilize blood glucose of 160 gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) patients after 2 weeks. The result showed that the efficiency of nutrition counseling after 2 weeks reached 80%.
The author suggested several methods to improve the quality and safety in the production of fish sauce and Soya sauce, relating to their ingredients, process and techniques used.
About 2500 years ago, Hypocrates considered food as medicine and vice verse. In Vietnam Hai Thuong Lan Ong, Tue Tinh and other leading experts in nutrition, biology, agriculture, medicine, food culture, and dietetics have also confirmed the importance of greens in daily meals of the Vietnamese population.
Eating in important but it is often undervalued and there are few studies on eating tradition of Vietnamese people. In Vietnamese folk verses and idioms, Vietnamese people know very well the importance of eating in life, including moral philosophy; A Vietnamese meal consists of rice, vegetable and salty dishes – which is a complete combination.