VIETNAM NUTRITIONAL PORTAL
Dyslipidemia can lead to atherosclerosis and subsequent clogged arteries; and thereby it causes hypertension. The study focused on the patterns and relationship of dyslipidemia with hypertension in middle-aged people.
A cross-sectional study on 1.236 pupils (646 boys and 590 girls) in 6 primary schools aimed to describenutritionalstatus and identify related factors for overweight and obesity among children aged 6-10 years in Thanh Xuan district of Hanoi City.
Clinical trial study on patients with type 2 diabetes to investigate the postprandial blood glucose response to white rice and pre-germinated brown rice with the test menu using different kinds of rice (Test menu A: 100% white rice; Test menu B: 100% pre-germinated brown rice Biomedviet; Test menu C: 50% of white rice and 50% pre-germinated brown rice Biomedviet).
A community - based intervention study with pre - and post - assessments aimed to identify the effect of micronutrient fortified fresh milk on the nutritional status of kindergarten children in Nghia Dan District, Nghe An Province.
A descriptive cross - sectional study with analysis was conducted on 330 obese-overweight children in Dong Da and Phuong Mai junior high schools of Dong Da district, Hanoi to explorechildren’s eating habits and physical activities related to the metabolic syndrome. Subjects were students aged 11-15 years, who were identified overweight-obese according to WHO standard 2007.
A cross-sectional study of 115 lab workers in 26 laboratories of 5 departments at National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology in 2016, was conducted to study knowledge, practice about using medical equipments by interviewing face to face with lab staff and using a checklist to evaluate practice of them.
The study was conducted on 358 children that aged from 12-36 months old who had stopped using antibiotics for 7-30 days, and were treated at Bac Ninh General Hospital, from April 2015 to May 2016. The survey results show that the rate of general anorexia in children after using antibiotics is 45% (boys 39%, girls 53.4%).
A cross section study of 180 type II diabetic patients hospitalized in the Department of Clinical Nutrition, National Hospital of Endocrinology from 2017 to 2018 aimed to identify some related factors to nutrition of these patients.
A community –based intervention study was carried out to assess the effect of using nutritional products rich in micronutrients and supplements Bifidobacterium lactis bacteria to change in IgA, IgG and IL10 level, frequency and incidence rate of upper respiratory infections in children 3-6 years of age after 4 months of intervention in 2 communes of Tien Du district, Bac Ninh province. 200 healthy children, 3-6 years of age, were randomly divided into two groups.
A single blind controlled community intervention was performed to assess the effects of Pepsin-B1 supplementation in combination with diet counselling on dietary intake of children aged 2-5 years in Thanh Oai district, Hanoi, Vietnam in October - December, 2011.
A descriptive cross-sectional study on the quality of life of children with overweight and obesity at primary school pupils was conducted in Bac Ninh City, Bac Ninh province in 2016.
IRS1 gene edcodes insulin receptor substrate-1-like protein. Mutations in this gene are associated with type II diabetes and susceptibility to insulin resistance.
Research on body composition changes along with following of growth and body shape development during adolescence has almost not been done in Viet Nam.
A cross-sectional study was conducted to identify the proportion of students in 5th, 9th and 12th grade who are suffering from overweight, obesity and some associated factors in Hanoi, 2017.
Malnutrition, particularly stunting, is still 61.9%, exclusive breastfeeding was 54%, and continued breastfeeding to 2 years was 15.6%. Diversified complementary feeding took 42.7%, adequate frequency was 87.6% and minimum requirement was 49.3%.
A cross-sectional descriptive study used quality and quantity method was conducted to investigate the need for iron and zinc fortified rice (IZnFR) of mothers and children aged 3-5 years old in Minh Khai, Vu Thu, Thai Binh.
The study aimed to identify some risk factors of metabolic syndrome (MetS) among 846 outpatients with type 2 diabetes in Vuthu District General Hospital, Thaibinh province in 2016.
Breast milk retinols help to form vitamin group (p <0.05). Mothers at marginal vitamin A deficiency during pregnancy were twice as likely to have risk of low breast milk vitamin A level at 2 weeks postpartum as mothers with normal vitamin A status during pregnancy (p < 0.05). Vitamin A levels of breast milk at 2 week after birth were linearly correlated with A reserves in the livers in first months of infant’s life.
The study identified characteristics of metabolic syndrome (MetS) among 846 outpatients with type 2 diabetes in Vu Thu District General Hospital. MetS is diagnosed according to international standards applicable to Asians.
A controlled community intervention study aimed to assessing the effectiveness of some interventions in reducing overweight and obesity among primary school pupils in Bac Ninh province from 01/2016 to 5/2018.
A descriptive cross-sectional study to determine the overweight and obesity situation in Bac Ninh primary school pupils was conducted in 2016. The results showed that the proportion of overweight and obesity was 27.3%, of which the overweight was 16, 4% and the obesity was 10.8%.
The study aimed at assessing the effectiveness of intervention of pre-germinated brown rice reducing blood glucose and lipid levels in type 2 diabetic patients with metabolic syndrome. A clinical trial was designed including 52 intervention subjects and 104 controls.
A cross-sectional study was conducted in 250 subjects to describe somecharacteristics of eating habits in metabolic syndrome and non-metabolic syndrome womenhaving central obesity aged 20- 59 years in Co Nhue and Xuan Dinh commune, Bac Tu Liem district, Hanoi. All subjects were defined metabolic syndrome based on IDF's criteria, 2006.
Anthropometric characteristics of children vary by age, sex, socio-economic status, region. Cross-sectional study was conducted on 3.438 students aged 11-14 years old of 14 ethnic minority secondary boarding schools in Yen Bai province, 2017 to describe anthropometric characteristics and explore some related factors to stunting (Zscore HAZ < -2) in Kinh, Tay, H'mong and Dao students.