Community-Based Nutrition Education Programs: Vietnam Experiences

Background/Aims: Malnutrition, in every form, presents significant threats to human health. Today the world, including Vietnam, faces a double burden of malnutrition that includes both undernutrition and overweight. In Vietnam, Child malnutrition (underweight) prevalence has been remarkably reduced:...

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Published in:Annals of nutrition and metabolism 2019-01, Vol.75, p.13
Main Author: Hop, Le Thi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anemia
Body weight
Breast feeding
Capacity development
Children
Childrens health
Education
Health education
Health promotion
Malnutrition
Mass media
Medical personnel
Nutrition
Obesity
Overweight
Public health
Schools
Teaching methods
Training
Undernutrition
Underweight
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Summary:Background/Aims: Malnutrition, in every form, presents significant threats to human health. Today the world, including Vietnam, faces a double burden of malnutrition that includes both undernutrition and overweight. In Vietnam, Child malnutrition (underweight) prevalence has been remarkably reduced: from 51.5% in 1985 to 25.2% in 2005 and it was 17.5% in 2010 and 13.4% in 2017. The prevalence of stunting of children under 5 was 59.7% in 1985, 43.3% in 2000, 29.3% in 2010 and 23.8% in 2017. Besides, the rate of obesity among children under 5 years of age was 5.9% in 2017, and is 6 times higher than that in the year 2000. The prevalence of overweight and obesity of primary school children (6–9 y old) in HCM City was very high- 20% in 2002 and it was 38.5% in 2010. Micronutrient deficiencies were the public health problem in Vietnam especially anemia among
ISSN:0250-6807
1421-9697
DOI:10.1159/000501751