Vietnamese Family Health

Nutrition

In this section, you will learn more about:

  • Supporting healthy feeding practices
  • The ingredients and preparation of foods and snacks eaten by Vietnamese infants and young children
  • Cultural views about feeding young children
  • Cultural views about overweight and underweight
  • Common parental concerns about feeding and strategies parents use to encourage their child to eat
  • How to promote dialogue and improve communication around healthy feeding practices
Lan's Story

Feeding Case Study: Lan’s Story

Vietnamese families often have culturally specific infant and child-feeding practices and foods that are unfamiliar to health care professionals and differ from traditional Western approaches. Read more

Market Booklet: What We Eat to Help Us Grow

Market Booklet: What We Eat to Help Us Grow

This booklet introduces foods and feeding practices that are common among families with young Vietnamese children. Read more

Parental Feeding Concerns

Parental Feeding Concerns

Feeding is an important part of the parent-child relation- ship. Many Vietnamese parents have concerns about how their children are eating. Read more