Nutrition and exercise counseling to help primary school students become healthier and more active

On the afternoon of January 31, in Hanoi, the Institute of Nutrition and Nestlé Vietnam Company Limited organized a scientific seminar: The role of proper nutrition and an active lifestyle for primary school students.

Representatives of the two units signed a communication cooperation program to raise awareness of the role of nutrition for children, period 2023 - 2025

The workshop announced the results of a clinical intervention research project on the effectiveness of barley milk nutritional products combined with physical education on the nutritional status, physical strength and mental strength of students in some primary schools in Ninh Binh, implemented by two units in the 2022-2023 school year.

According to the announcement, after only 3 months of participating in this research project, these primary school students have improved and enhanced their physical fitness according to the evaluation criteria of: speed, strength, endurance, dexterity and motor coordination ability.

Also from the research results in this topic, at the workshop, the Institute of Nutrition and Nestlé Vietnam Company Limited signed and announced a cooperation agreement: Communication to raise awareness about the role of proper nutrition and promote an active lifestyle; enhance cooperation, exchange, scientific research and community nutrition intervention. period 2023 - 2025.

Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Thanh Duong, Director of the National Institute of Nutrition, said that this cooperation program aims to strengthen communication and nutrition education, aiming to improve eating habits and physical education for children and students.

Accordingly, the two units will strengthen clinical trial research, providing scientific evidence as a basis for developing intervention solutions and communication activities on school nutrition.

In addition, the two sides will make efforts to develop school sports to build scientific, healthy eating habits and an active, positive lifestyle for Vietnamese children and students.

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