VietNamNet Bridge – The National Institute of Nutrition has
found that more than 50 percent of Vietnamese children fail to get enough
vitamins or iron in their daily meals.
Surveys conducted by the
Institute showed the rate of Vietnamese children lacking different kinds of
vitamins, namely A, B1, C and D, was higher than Malaysia, Indonesia and
Thailand in the region.
The surveys on nutrition in
Southeast Asia were jointly carried out by the Vietnam Nutrition Association and
the Friesland Campina Institute.
Project coordinator from the
institute Le Nguyen Bao Khanh was quoted by Vietnam News as saying that the
surveys were conducted at the same time in each country to provide a
comparison.
They showed the number of children
in urban areas lacking vitamins was higher than in rural areas. Girls in urban
areas led the list of children lacking vitamins, their rate being 50 percent.
Khanh said parents should be
informed about the importance of vitamins in children's development and
families need to adjust their habits.
Nutritionists said the two
sources of vitamins were food and sunshine.
Vietnamese people's meals lacked
more vitamins than the other three countries and did not meet children’s
development needs.
Institute Director Le Thi Hop
said the main source of vitamin D from food was eggs, milk and meat.
Children need to be given one egg
per day whereas adults could have 2-3 and children under one year old need
exposure to sun, especially in their first three months.
Source: Vietnam Plus
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