Understanding Vietnamese Urban Consumers’ Nutrition Label Use, Health Concerns, and Consumption of Food and Beverages with Added Sugars

Nguyen-Anh, Duc; Umberger, Wendy J.; Zeng, Di

doi:10.3390/nu12113335

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“…27 The rising consumption of sugarsweetened foods and beverages among Vietnamese has become a significant public health problem, with daily sugar intake about double the WHO recommendation (25 g). 28 Third, innumerable research has shown that diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease increase the susceptibility to oral infections, especially PD. 21 Among the Vietnamese population, both of these illnesses were significant contributors to the burden of chronic noncommunicable diseases, with the number of persons with Fig.…”

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Prevalence of periodontal disease among Vietnamese adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Duc¹,

Chi²,

Phan³

et al. 2023

Dent. Med. Probl.

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To synthesize previous findings on the prevalence of periodontal disease (PD) in the adult Vietnamese population, a search for peer-reviewed literature was conducted using the MEDLINE, PubMed and Scopus databases through January 10, 2022. Two reviewers individually assessed abstracts and full-text articles to determine their suitability for inclusion. Only English articles were included if their results described the prevalence of PD among the Vietnamese. Among 900 potential studies, 8 cross-sectional studies with 7,262 adult participants qualified to be included. We found that overall the prevalence of PD was 64.9% (95% confidence interval (CI): 45-81%), with very high heterogeneity across the observed prevalence estimates (Q = 1,204.8776; df = 7; p < 0.001; I 2 = 99.42%). Further subgroup analyses stratified by age, location, sampling, study design, and region also revealed significant differences, with a higher prevalence of PD among (1) population-based studies, (2) participants aged ≥65 years, (3) participants with non-chronic diseases, (4) studies using the WHO, community periodontal index (CPI) and standard oral examinations, (5) studies conducted in Central Vietnam, and (6) studies using randomization sampling (p < 0.01) than in other populations. Sensitivity analyses validated the stability of the current findings. Within the limits of the available evidence, this meta-analysis showed a high percentage of Vietnamese adults suffer from PD. Nonetheless, the findings should be taken cautiously due to the limited number of published articles and the possibility of bias in the included research. More well-designed studies with larger sample sizes are thus required for further verification.

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Prevalence of periodontal disease among Vietnamese adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Duc¹,

Chi²,

Phan³

et al. 2023

Dent. Med. Probl.

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“…Such intense reactions have been widely observed in developed countries, which mostly resulted in the cancelation of such a regulation, even after its introduction [23]. Nevertheless, more recent empirical research underlined the potential of interventions, like taxation and labeling, in order to change behavioral patterns of Vietnamese consumers in a positive way [10,75].…”

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Public Acceptability of Policy Interventions to Reduce Sugary Drink Consumption in Urban Vietnam

Nguyen

Steur

2021

Sustainability

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This study aims to assess the public acceptability of interventions to reduce sugary drinks in Vietnam, identify the key determinants, and develop a classification of consumers. A cross-sectional survey with 263 urban consumers evaluated perceptions of four potential interventions: restricting choice, taxation, nudging, and labeling. Thereby, specific attention was devoted to perceived intrusiveness and (personal and societal) effectiveness, as well personal characteristics, including Confucius values. Results showed that “hard” interventions like taxation are less acceptable to consumers than “soft” measures such as labeling. Acceptability is generally affected by perceived intrusiveness and effectiveness (especially on other people in the society), while other factors (sugary drink behavior, trust in government’s competence, personal values, age, education) only matter for some of the interventions. Cluster analysis revealed three consumer segments, depicted as anti-taxation (28%), pro-intervention (20%) and pro-labeling (52%), which further underpins the heterogeneity of intervention acceptability.

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“…These policies had a positive effect on consumers, which encourage consumers to better control the intake of sugar, fat, low-density cholesterol, etc. [ 8 , 9 , 10 ], and may reduce the risk of obesity, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and other nutrition-related chronic non-communicable diseases [ 10 , 11 , 12 ].…”

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Understanding and Use of Nutrition Labels of Prepackaged Food by University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in Chongqing, China

Jiang

Liu

et al. 2022

Nutrients

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Object: The correct use of nutrition labels for prepackaged food helps university students develop healthy eating habits and prevent the occurrence of chronic non-communicable diseases. This study evaluates the understanding and use of nutrition labels of prepackaged food by university students in four different fields of study in Chongqing, China. Methods: This cross-sectional study used an online survey platform conducted in July 2022 in colleges and universities in Chongqing, China. The convenience sampling method was used to select students in four different fields of study, including medicine, humanities, science and technology, and arts and sports. Ten questions were used to assess participants’ understanding of nutrition labels. A score of six or above (60%) indicates that the respondent has a basic understanding of the nutritional labels of prepackaged food. Descriptive statistics and generalized linear models (GLMs) were used to assess participants’ understanding and use of nutrition labels for prepackaged foods and their influencing factors. Results: A total of 1262 valid questionnaires was collected. The average age of the participants was 21.8 years (SD: 2.43), 50.1% were male, 80.8% were ethnic Han, and 50.9% were from rural areas. Only 21.3% of the university students in Chongqing had a good understanding of the nutrition labels of prepackaged food, where medical students were the highest (39.9%) and science and engineering students were the lowest (15.6%). Gender, ethnicity, grade, major, and whether received courses related to nutrition were influential factors in the understanding and use of nutrition labels of prepackaged food. Medical students also had more positive attitudes toward nutritional labels of prepackaged food. Conclusions: Understanding and use of nutrition labels for prepackaged food by university students in Chongqing are unsatisfactory. Student’s major was a significant influencing factor in nutrition label comprehension, with medical students having the greatest understanding. Based on these results, we suggest that nutrition and health courses should be popularized among non-medical students to narrow the differences between different fields of study. For university students in all fields of study, education and publicity of nutrition labels of prepackaged food are needed, not only in the classroom but also in daily life.

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Understanding Vietnamese Urban Consumers’ Nutrition Label Use, Health Concerns, and Consumption of Food and Beverages with Added Sugars

Cited by 6 publications

References 56 publications

Prevalence of periodontal disease among Vietnamese adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Prevalence of periodontal disease among Vietnamese adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Public Acceptability of Policy Interventions to Reduce Sugary Drink Consumption in Urban Vietnam

Understanding and Use of Nutrition Labels of Prepackaged Food by University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in Chongqing, China

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