Stay healthy with family meals

Measuring height for children. Photo: MI NI

Nutrition and Development Week takes place from October 16 to 23, 2025 with the theme "Producing and consuming diverse, nutritious, safe and sustainable foods for the health and comprehensive development of each person". In order to effectively implement the national strategic goals on nutrition, the Provincial Center for Disease Control organizes many communication activities in response to the Nutrition and Development Week. Deputy Director of the Provincial Center for Disease Control Truong Anh Truong said: "The content of the propaganda is to mobilize people to choose good food, process and consume healthy, safe food with clear origin, rich in nutrition, avoid wasting food associated with the awareness of preserving and protecting the environment; maintain daily physical activity to prevent and fight diseases, improve the quality of life".

Nutrition is not simply eating but the process of providing adequate and balanced nutrients for the body to maintain life, grow, develop and prevent diseases. For children, especially infants, nutrition in the first 1,000 days of life is a decisive factor in the comprehensive development of children's stature and intelligence. For adults and the elderly, a reasonable diet helps increase resistance, prevent non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and improve the quality of life.

Therefore, the Provincial Center for Disease Control coordinates with medical centers and health stations to propagate the content of the Nutrition and Development Week message in various forms, suitable for target groups.

The center promotes propaganda activities, raising awareness for mothers about pregnancy care, proper child rearing to help children develop physically and mentally to their maximum. Propaganda content increases the intake of vegetables, tubers, fruits and foods supplemented with micronutrients; implements early nutritional care, nutrition in the first 1,000 days of a child's life; uses a variety of foods, eats adequately, balanced and reasonable according to needs... Every year, the rate of children aged 6 - 36 years old taking vitamin A reaches over 98%. Children are weighed, measured for height... so that medical staff can advise and adjust their nutritional regimen when they are found to be malnourished, stunted or obese.

Ms. Huynh Kim Thoa, resident of Rach Gia ward, shared: “Every year, I take my child to the health station to take free vitamin A and receive nutritional advice. My child has not yet grown tall enough for his age and is a bit underweight. After receiving advice from medical staff, I took my child to a specialist for a thorough examination to get an effective nutritional supplement regimen to help my child develop comprehensively.”

Mr. Truong Anh Truong recommends that people use a variety of foods, daily meals need to have enough 4 basic groups of substances: starch, protein, fat, vitamins and minerals combined from many different types of food; ensure food safety from the selection, processing to preservation. Everyone should practice the habit of reading nutritional information on food labels before buying and using. At the same time, combine nutrition with maintaining regular physical activity for at least 30 minutes a day to improve health, maintain a reasonable weight and prevent overweight and obesity. In addition, drinking enough water according to the body's needs and using clean water for daily activities and food processing is an important factor to help the body balance and eliminate excess substances to prevent disease.

MINI

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