PMID- 30911539
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20190717
LR  - 20220409
IS  - 2314-6141 (Electronic)
IS  - 2314-6133 (Print)
VI  - 2019
DP  - 2019
TI  - Stunting and Overweight among 12-24-Month-Old Children Receiving Vaccination in 
      Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
PG  - 1547626
LID - 10.1155/2019/1547626 [doi]
LID - 1547626
AB  - INTRODUCTION: Malnutrition and obesity are a double burden on children in 
      developing countries and could induce higher risks of noncommunicable diseases in 
      the long term. In the big cities of Vietnam, both issues are present and share 
      the issue of nutrition problems; the prevalence of malnutrition in children is 
      gradually decreasing while the prevalence of obesity is increasing rapidly. The 
      paper aims to identify the prevalence of stunting and overweight/obesity in 
      apparently healthy young children in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). METHODS: A 
      prospective cross-sectional study recruited 12-24-month-old children receiving 
      national vaccination in community health centers in HCMC from February 2016 to 
      July 2017. Sixteen healthcare centers were randomly selected among 8 districts of 
      HCMC. Stunting and overweight were defined by height-for-age z-score <-2 SD and 
      BMI z-score >/=+2 SD. RESULTS: A total of 768 children had mean age of 16.8+/-4.2 
      months old, 51.7% boys. The prevalence of stunting and overweight/obesity was 
      8.2% and 10.7%, respectively. Stunting was associated with older age, boys, and 
      low birth weight of children and occupation of mothers (P <0.05). No associated 
      risk factor was observed for overweight/ obesity status. CONCLUSION: The 
      prevalence of overweight/obesity was higher than the prevalence of stunting in 
      12-24-month-old children in HCMC. Overweight/obesity would be a public health 
      problem for children in big cities.
FAU - Giao, Huynh
AU  - Giao H
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6882-1097
AD  - Faculty of Public Health, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh 
      City, Vietnam.
FAU - Le An, Pham
AU  - Le An P
AD  - Center for training of Family Medicine University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho 
      Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
FAU - Truong Vien, Nguyen
AU  - Truong Vien N
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3802-5927
AD  - Faculty of Public Health, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh 
      City, Vietnam.
FAU - Van Khanh, Tran
AU  - Van Khanh T
AD  - Dist 2 Hospital. Member of Vietnam Young Physician Association (VYPA), Vietnam.
FAU - Quang Vinh, Bui
AU  - Quang Vinh B
AD  - Department of Pediatrics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh 
      City, Vietnam.
LA  - eng
PT  - Clinical Trial
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Multicenter Study
DEP - 20190219
PL  - United States
TA  - Biomed Res Int
JT  - BioMed research international
JID - 101600173
SB  - IM
MH  - Female
MH  - Growth Disorders/*epidemiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Infant
MH  - Male
MH  - Obesity/*epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Prospective Studies
MH  - *Urban Population
MH  - *Vaccination
MH  - Vietnam/epidemiology
PMC - PMC6399549
EDAT- 2019/03/27 06:00
MHDA- 2019/07/18 06:00
PMCR- 2019/02/19
CRDT- 2019/03/27 06:00
PHST- 2018/10/05 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2019/01/01 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2019/01/29 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2019/03/27 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2019/03/27 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/07/18 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2019/02/19 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1155/2019/1547626 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Biomed Res Int. 2019 Feb 19;2019:1547626. doi: 10.1155/2019/1547626. eCollection 
      2019.