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According to the Institute of Nutrition, the habit of using unreasonable foods is the cause of a number of chronic obesity and hypertension in the community.

Average consumption of meat is currently at 80gr / person / day, 3-4 times higher than previous years (20-30gr / person / day). This shows that the nutritional status of Vietnamese people has improved. However, nutrition experts also recommend that meat consumption is not balanced with fish and vegetables. Currently, fish consumption is only under 60gr / person / day.

Meanwhile, refer to reasonable diet in some Asian countries, average meat consumption is about 70gr / person / day; fish consumption: 200-300gr / person day. Notably, the amount of vegetables consumed by Vietnamese people is still very low: only 170 -200gr / person / day on average, while the recommended level is over 300gr.

In particular, the habit of " eating salty " and using too much salt in food processing need to be changed. Currently, the average salt consumption of Vietnamese people is up to 18-22gr salt / person / day, 3 times higher than the recommended level (under 6gr / person / day).