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Vietnam's Ministry of Health has issued its first specialised guidance on the diagnosis and treatment of obesity in response to the increasing obesity rate in the last decade.

The number of Vietnamese with diabetes reached almost five million in 2021, equivalent to 7.1% of adults, according to the Ministry of Health.

After 10 years implementing the National Strategy on Nutrition (2011-2020), Vietnam is still facing a lot of problems such as a rapid increase in childhood obesity, a big gap in malnutrition between regions and a high percentage of children with micronutrient deficiencies. Vietnam is facing dual problems of child nutrition: deficient and redundant in nutrients.

"Vietnam is facing a triple burden of nutrition, including stunting, overweight, obesity and micronutrient deficiency,” Rana Flowers, UNICEF and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN representative in Vietnam, told a conference held in Hanoi on April 15 for the release of the main findings of the National General Nutrition Survey for 2019 – 2020.

The incidence of type 2 diabetes in younger adults has increased dramatically in Vietnam, doctors have said.

Hanoi is rolling out various mechanisms, policies, communications activities, and solutions to give best care for children towards fulfilling targets on children nutrition.

Many Vietnamese and foreign experts shared the latest perspectives on and novel approaches to improving the nutritional status of Asian children at the FrieslandCampina Institute Asia Pacific Symposium held recently in Ho Chi Minh City.

Indonesia’s East Java province has put 50 overweight police on a special physical training programme to lose weight and better serve their job.

A lack of physical activity and inappropriate diets are to blame for the high rate of obesity among primary school students, according to a new study by the National Institute of Nutrition.

A study shows that the rate of overweight and obese primary students is 29 percent while that among secondary school students and high school students is 19 percent and 9.5 percent, respectively.

The Malaysian government began implementation of tax on sugar-sweetened beverages from July 1 onwards to cut down the country’s high levels of obesity.

An international workshop on cancer prevention and control was held in the central city of Da Nang on November 9, attended by leading Vietnamese and foreign experts in the field.

Vietnam faces the double burden of malnutrition, namely the coexistence of under-nutrition along with overweight and obesity. Expert say without efforts to raise awareness about the role of nutrition,

An event aiming to raise public awareness about lifestyle-related disease prevention was held in the northern port city of Hai Phong on September 8.

Diagnosis and management of outpatient treatment of non-communicable diseases like hypertension at commune-level health stations will be the focus of the Project on Strengthening Management of Hypertension and Diabetes at Commune Health Station and Communication on Salt Use Reduction.

When it comes to food policy, Vietnam faces a double health burden: The country has seen a rising number of children with obesity in urban areas, while the number of malnourished children remains high.

Dozens of confused and anxious parents are showing up at the Children’s Hospital No 1 in HCM City every month.

The municipal administration of HCM City aims to keep the rate of overweight and obese children under five years at less than 12 percent by 2020.

According to a report of the Economic Intelligence Unit, Malaysia suffers the greatest economic loss in Southeast Asia due to obesity.

Vietnam and Bangladesh are the two countries with the lowest adult obesity rate at 1 percent, according to the latest global study released on June 12.