Some opinions of the situation of nutrition in elderly in the delta of Northern Vietnam
- Author:
Thuy Cong Kieu
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
nutrition
- MeSH:
Nutritional Status;
Aged
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2000;383(6):38-40
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
A comparative study on the elderly (over 60) and people with ages of 50-59 in some areas of the delta of northern Vietnam was carried out by interview, examination of the body weight, height, abdominal size, arm size, body mass index, hemoglobin as method of cross by with reagent of Drabkin. The results have shown that the body weight, height, breast size, abdominal size was gradually reduced. These were indirect proportional with the increased age and were the same between different ecological areas. The rate of thin people were high grade II, III while the rate of fat people were low. The rate f anemia in the people with BMI in the thin level was 23,4%, this rate in the people with the normal BMI was 13.2%. The fat people found not suffering the anemia.
