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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 24–6...

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Autores principales: Le, Thi Tuyet, Le, Thi Thuy Dung, Do, Nam Khanh, Nadezhda, V. Savvina, Andrej, M. Grjibovski, Nguyen, Thi Trung Thu, Nguyen, Thi Thanh Mai, Vu, Thi Tuyen, Le, Thi Huong, Nguyen, Thi Thu Lieu, Duong, Thi Anh Dao
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6862071/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31652691
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16214060
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author Le, Thi Tuyet
Le, Thi Thuy Dung
Do, Nam Khanh
Nadezhda, V. Savvina
Andrej, M. Grjibovski
Nguyen, Thi Trung Thu
Nguyen, Thi Thanh Mai
Vu, Thi Tuyen
Le, Thi Huong
Nguyen, Thi Thu Lieu
Duong, Thi Anh Dao
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Le, Thi Thuy Dung
Do, Nam Khanh
Nadezhda, V. Savvina
Andrej, M. Grjibovski
Nguyen, Thi Trung Thu
Nguyen, Thi Thanh Mai
Vu, Thi Tuyen
Le, Thi Huong
Nguyen, Thi Thu Lieu
Duong, Thi Anh Dao
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description (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 (n = 14421), Muong (n = 1307) and Tay (n = 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%, 34.3% and 43.2%, respectively. The corresponding data for overweight was 5.5%, 2.7%, 2.2% and for obesity 2.8%, 0.8% and 0.4%, respectively. The prevalence of stunting remained the highest in three subtypes of malnutrition in all ethnic groups. Kinh children were heavier and taller than the other groups, while Muong children were taller than Tay children (p-value < 0.001); and (4) Conclusions: Malnutrition remains a major public health issue among children of minor ethnicities while overweight and obesity is an emerging challenge for the Kinh ethnic group. The results imply that a community-based intervention should be specific to ethnicity to reduce the gap in nutritional status between ethnic groups in Vietnam.
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spelling pubmed-68620712019-12-05 Ethnic Variations in Nutritional Status among Preschool Children in Northern Vietnam: A Cross-Sectional Study Le, Thi Tuyet Le, Thi Thuy Dung Do, Nam Khanh Nadezhda, V. Savvina Andrej, M. Grjibovski Nguyen, Thi Trung Thu Nguyen, Thi Thanh Mai Vu, Thi Tuyen Le, Thi Huong Nguyen, Thi Thu Lieu Duong, Thi Anh Dao Int J Environ Res Public Health Article (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 (n = 14421), Muong (n = 1307) and Tay (n = 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%, 34.3% and 43.2%, respectively. The corresponding data for overweight was 5.5%, 2.7%, 2.2% and for obesity 2.8%, 0.8% and 0.4%, respectively. The prevalence of stunting remained the highest in three subtypes of malnutrition in all ethnic groups. Kinh children were heavier and taller than the other groups, while Muong children were taller than Tay children (p-value < 0.001); and (4) Conclusions: Malnutrition remains a major public health issue among children of minor ethnicities while overweight and obesity is an emerging challenge for the Kinh ethnic group. The results imply that a community-based intervention should be specific to ethnicity to reduce the gap in nutritional status between ethnic groups in Vietnam. MDPI 2019-10-23 2019-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6862071/ /pubmed/31652691 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16214060 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Le, Thi Tuyet
Le, Thi Thuy Dung
Do, Nam Khanh
Nadezhda, V. Savvina
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Nguyen, Thi Trung Thu
Nguyen, Thi Thanh Mai
Vu, Thi Tuyen
Le, Thi Huong
Nguyen, Thi Thu Lieu
Duong, Thi Anh Dao
Ethnic Variations in Nutritional Status among Preschool Children in Northern Vietnam: A Cross-Sectional Study
title Ethnic Variations in Nutritional Status among Preschool Children in Northern Vietnam: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_full Ethnic Variations in Nutritional Status among Preschool Children in Northern Vietnam: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_fullStr Ethnic Variations in Nutritional Status among Preschool Children in Northern Vietnam: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_full_unstemmed Ethnic Variations in Nutritional Status among Preschool Children in Northern Vietnam: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_short Ethnic Variations in Nutritional Status among Preschool Children in Northern Vietnam: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_sort ethnic variations in nutritional status among preschool children in northern vietnam: a cross-sectional study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6862071/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31652691
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16214060
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