Enhancing Nutritional Status and Addressing Micronutrient Deficiencies: Evaluating the Impact of Workplace Nutrition Program on Female Workers in Vietnam.

This randomized controlled clinical study aimed to assess the effectiveness of a nutrition intervention program for non-pregnant female workers in Vietnam. A total of 500 female workers were randomly assigned to the intervention and control groups. Participants in the intervention group were provided nutrition education, personalized specific dietary, and received oral nutrition supplements (ONS)-which contained multi-minerals and vitamins according to recommendations for adults for a duration of 12 wk, while participants in the control group received only nutrition education.

An Initial 5-Year Single-Center Experience of 365 Patients Undergoing the Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Nuss Procedure for Pectus Excavatum in Resource-Scare Setting.

Little is known about video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in the Nuss procedure (VATS-NUSS) and its postoperative outcomes in the resource-scarce conditions in clinical practice such as Vietnam. Available evidence in the literature was mostly reported from large institutions in developed countries. Hence, this study was conducted to review our initial large single-center experience in the use of the VATS-NUSS for patients with pectus excavatum (PE) within 5 years.

Hypertension in a mountainous province of Vietnam: prevalence and risk factors.

Background: Hypertension (HTN) significantly contributes to global disease burden, and its prevalence varies amongst different countries and regions. This work is aimed to characterize the hypertensive prevalence and identify risk factors for HTN among the residents in five locations (four communes and one town) of Moc Chau district (Son La province, Vietnam).

Methods: A cross-sectional study with a cross-sectional methodology was done in selected places from August 2018 to December 2018.

Ethnic Variations in Nutritional Status among Preschool Children in Northern Vietnam: A Cross-Sectional Study.

(1) Background: Vietnam is a multiethnic country undergoing rapid economic development, the improvement in nutritional status in preschool children is not equally shared by all ethnic groups; (2) Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed from September-December 2018 on 16,177 children aged 24-60 months representing Kinh ( = 14421), Muong ( = 1307) and Tay ( = 449) ethnic groups. Prevalence of malnutrition, overweight, obesity and anthropometric indices were compared across ethnic groups, using WHO 2006 child growth standards; (3) Results: The prevalence of malnutrition among children of Kinh, Muong and Tay origins was 14.7%, 34.

Impact of body mass index and waist circumference on blood pressure: A cross-sectional survey in a population living in the Vietnam northern mountainous.

Aims: Several epidemiological studies have indicated that elevated blood pressure (BP) is associated with the surfeit of body weight. Body fat accumulation is considered as be a significant factor contributing to the nexus between obesity and hypertension. Two of the most common indicators used to characterize the associations of BP are body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC).