2010 Volume 20 Issue 4 Pages 328-337
The survey of eating habits was conducted in Ho Chi Minh City in order to understand the changes of eating environments and habits accompanying with the economic growth after the War in Vietnam.
The surveys were made in 2002 and 2006. In the survey in 2002, they surely took three meals a day without taking any intermediate meal. They mainly took staple food like rice, breads, noodles and some vegetables. But the intake of oils and fats and milk products was rare. It is like that of Japan in several decades ago.
In the survey in 2006, the changes in eating habits were observed due to the rising of their concern on eating. The variety and frequency of food was increased. As the reason of food selection, “ready to eat” was increased and as their concern about eating, “not to take food late at night” was increased. The intake of intermediate meal was also increased. These changes are considered to have been caused by the change in their attitude to eating due to the change in lifestyle and those changes had been observed in Japan. More rapidly, however, they were in Vietnam.
