#nutrition

A workshop on solutions to improve nutrition for mothers and babies in the first 1,000 days of life was held in Hanoi on September 30.

It is vital to teach children about balanced diets whilst giving them necessary education on nutrition in order to allow them to develop healthy eating habits that can ultimately contribute to their comprehensive development.

The World Vision International (WVI) in Vietnam will launch development projects worth nearly 8 million USD in its non-refundable aid in the central province of Quang Tri from 2018 to 2022. 

Long-term use of oral nutritional supplement helps children at risk of undernourishment catch up growth after 9 weeks; impacts nutritional adequacy, dietary diversity, health outcomes and longitudinal growth.

Many major pharmaceutical companies in Vietnam, one of Asia's top beer consumers, have stepped up selling liver supplements to boost their profits, company reports and a brokerage said.

Ho Chi Minh City residents should try to walk at least 10,000 steps a day to improve health and fight diseases related to lack of exercise, a nutrition expert has advised.

The Central Highlands province of Gia Lai has carried out a project on enhancing nutrition for mothers and children in a bid to improve the population quality, particularly among ethnic minority groups.

Vinamilk in collaboration with the Vietnam Paediatric Association organized a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City on November 14 to discuss aprogram aimed at improving the brain function and memory of young children.