PMID- 18928562
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20081222
LR  - 20231105
IS  - 1471-2431 (Electronic)
IS  - 1471-2431 (Linking)
VI  - 8
DP  - 2008 Oct 18
TI  - Energy and macronutrient intakes in preschool children in urban areas of Ho Chi 
      Minh City, Vietnam.
PG  - 44
LID - 10.1186/1471-2431-8-44 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: An increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity has been 
      documented in preschool children in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam. However, 
      little is known about what preschool children in HCMC eat or how well their 
      nutrient intake meets nutrient recommendations. This study aims to describe the 
      energy and macronutrient intake and compare these nutrient intakes with the 
      recommendations for Vietnamese children aged four to five years. METHODS: The 
      data comes from the baseline measurement of a one year follow-up study on obesity 
      in 670 children attending kindergartens in HCMC. Dietary information for each 
      child at the school and home settings was collected using Food Frequency 
      Questionnaires (FFQs), by interviewing teachers and parents or main caregivers. 
      The average energy and nutrient intake in a day was calculated. The proportion of 
      children with energy intake from macronutrients meeting or exceeding the 
      recommendations was estimated based on the 2006 recommended daily allowance (RDA) 
      for Vietnamese children in this age group. RESULTS: The dietary intake of the 
      participants contained more energy from protein and fat, particularly animal 
      protein and fat, and less energy from carbohydrates, than the RDA. Most children 
      (98.1%) had mean energy intake from protein greater than the recommended level of 
      15%, and no child obtained energy from animal fat that was in accordance with the 
      recommendation of less than 30% of the total fat intake. Nearly one half of 
      children (46.5%) consumed less than the advised range of mean energy intake from 
      carbohydrate (60%-70%). CONCLUSION: In this preschool child population in HCMC, 
      in which obesity is emerging as major public health problem, there is an 
      imbalance in dietary intake. Healthy eating programs need to be developed as a 
      part of an obesity prevention program for young children in HCMC.
FAU - Huynh, Dieu T T
AU  - Huynh DT
AD  - Nutrition Centre of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. 
      thudieuhuynh@yahoo.com
FAU - Dibley, Michael J
AU  - Dibley MJ
FAU - Sibbritt, David W
AU  - Sibbritt DW
FAU - Tran, Hanh T M
AU  - Tran HT
LA  - eng
GR  - WT_/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom
GR  - 073153/Z/03/Z/WT_/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20081018
PL  - England
TA  - BMC Pediatr
JT  - BMC pediatrics
JID - 100967804
RN  - 0 (Dietary Carbohydrates)
RN  - 0 (Dietary Fats)
RN  - 0 (Dietary Proteins)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Asian People/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Body Weight
MH  - Caregivers
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - *Diet Surveys
MH  - Dietary Carbohydrates/administration & dosage
MH  - Dietary Fats/administration & dosage/analysis
MH  - Dietary Proteins/administration & dosage
MH  - *Energy Intake
MH  - *Feeding Behavior
MH  - Female
MH  - Follow-Up Studies
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Nutrition Policy
MH  - Obesity/*ethnology/etiology
MH  - Overweight/*ethnology/etiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Urban Population
MH  - Vietnam/epidemiology
PMC - PMC2575195
EDAT- 2008/10/22 09:00
MHDA- 2008/12/23 09:00
PMCR- 2008/10/18
CRDT- 2008/10/22 09:00
PHST- 2008/05/13 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2008/10/18 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2008/10/22 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/12/23 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/10/22 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2008/10/18 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 1471-2431-8-44 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/1471-2431-8-44 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - BMC Pediatr. 2008 Oct 18;8:44. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-8-44.