Malnutrition among ethnic minority children double that of KinhVietNamNet Bridge – The malnutrition rate among children under five from ethnic minority communities is double that of Kinh children, experts said at a seminar in Ha Noi today. Stunted growth rate among ethnic minority children under five is more than double that of Kinh children. “Stunted growth rate among ethnic minority children under five is more than double that of Kinh children, while their obesity rate is half the rate of Kinh children,” said Tran Thanh Do from NIN. The obesity rate of ethnic minority children was 3.3 per cent, compared to 6.3 per cent in Kinh children. The seminar’s results will lay an important foundation for further research on children from ethnic minority regions, direct nutrition intervention models for ethnic minority children and suggest how to successfully implement the National Nutrition Action Plan till 2020.

Source: VietNamNet News May 26, 2017 10:41 UTC