Aim of this study was to evaluate the nutritional status in adolescents and adults living in Hanoi based on Body Mass Index (BMI). The anthropometric values in 3728 males and 5052 females over 16 years-old showed that: BMI increased continuously with ages at both of sexes and scored maximally at 50-59 years old group; after that BMI of both of sexes gradually decreased. The nutritional status of Hanoian people was rather good; at 30-39 years old group (representative for adults), the percentages of chronic energy defficiency (CED) and overweight in men were 15.1 percent and 20.3 percent respectively; the corresponding ones in women were 14.6 and 18.0 percent. The nutritional situation of urban population was better than the one in the urban area (p 0,001). The percentage of CED of Hanoian people was at everage level in comparison with the world.
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