Helping children maximize their growth potential is the desire of every parent. However, statistics show that nearly 1/5 of Vietnamese children are stunted in height compared to their age, meaning they are malnourished and stunted. To improve children's health and stature, many doctors have participated in a series of seminars by the Vietnam Pediatric Association to apply the Guidelines for Screening, Assessment and Nutritional Intervention for Pediatric Patients.
Early detection of stunting malnutrition and its consequences for children
Stunting has a negative impact on children's health, intelligence and adult stature. Early screening and timely nutritional intervention are the optimal intervention methods, especially in the first 5 years of life. The Vietnam Pediatric Association recommends promoting early screening and intervention in malnourished and at-risk children, both while the children are in hospital and after discharge.
Assessing a child's growth based on visual estimates of weight and height is common, but this is inaccurate. The Vietnam Pediatric Association recommends that health care professionals and parents regularly check and assess their child's growth using standardized tools. Timely intervention is needed when growth problems are detected.
Workshop “Screening, assessment and nutritional intervention for pediatric patients: Improving the health and stature of Vietnamese children”.
Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Minh Dien, President of the Vietnam Pediatric Association and Director of the National Children's Hospital, emphasized: " Early screening, nutritional assessment and timely intervention are the optimal solutions, especially the first 5 years of life is the golden time for height intervention. Malnourished children need continuous attention and care from the hospital to the community, helping them have the opportunity to improve their health and stature."
Dr. Phan Huu Phuc, General Secretary of the Vietnam Pediatric Association and Deputy Director of the National Children's Hospital, hopes that this new guideline will support doctors and parents in providing proper and timely nutritional care for children. A good nutritional foundation helps will children grow more comprehensively in terms of health, stature and intelligence.
Nutritional care so that stunted children do not miss the "golden time" of growth
Nutritional intervention with balanced and adequate oral nutritional supplements (ONS) - medical nutritional foods is an effective measure to improve growth in children.
Information at the conference, 25 international clinical studies from Abbott on 3,000 children, including Vietnamese children, showed that medical nutritional foods help children improve growth in height, weight, resistance, quickly catch up and maintain healthy growth. Optimal growth in children is a solid foundation for developing stature and intelligence as they grow up.
Intervention with medical nutritional foods has been shown to improve growth in children.
Experts recommend that when choosing an oral nutritional supplement (ONS), consider the following criteria: proven effective by scientific research, recognized by regulatory agencies, medical nutritional foods, formulas that provide complete and balanced nutrients such as high-quality protein, arginine, vitamin K2, essential vitamins and minerals, along with probiotics and prebiotics... to support growth, helping children develop healthily.
Stunted children need proper and timely nutritional care to have the opportunity to improve their stature.
The partnership with the Vietnam Pediatric Association (VPA) is part of Abbott's efforts to address the challenges of malnutrition and improve the stature of Vietnamese children. The company focuses on helping Vietnamese people live their healthiest and most fulfilling lives through life-changing products and technologies that span a wide range of areas, from nutrition and diagnostics to medical devices and pharmaceuticals.
Across multiple countries, the Abbott Center for Malnutrition Solutions (ACMS) leverages the company's science and healthcare expertise to work with partners to develop innovations that detect, address and prevent malnutrition. This work contributes to Abbott's 2030 Sustainable Living Plan, which aims to improve the lives of more than 3 billion people each year by the end of the decade.
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