title: Use of food intake and body mass index (BMI) in the assessment of adult nutritional status in Viet Nam including a maternal-child analysis.
abstract: The authors have used food intake and Body Mass Index (BMI) to assess Vietnamese adult nutritional status. Chronic Energy Deficiency (CED) is prevalent in Vietnamese adults with an average percentage about 40%. The mean value of BMI in the 26-40 year old age group is 19.7 but it decreases thereafter except in urban areas. The change in the BMI curve distribution varies among adults living in rural, urban and mountainous areas. There seems to be a relationship between the BMI of mothers and the nutritional status of their children underthe age of 5. Some findings revealed a relationship between maternal BMI and birth weight and between CED and health status. The proposed cut-off point of Ferro-Luzzi-James in the classification of CED was applied to data from Vietnam.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Nutrition, Hanoi, Viet Nam.
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Khoi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Giay