Protein-energy malnutrition is a very important health problem and is especially common in children in developing countries. Depending on the level of malnutrition, treatment for edematous malnutrition or wasting malnutrition is carried out for children.

According to statistics, Vietnam is one of 78 countries that bear the burden of malnutrition and stunting in children under 5 years old with an alarming rate of malnutrition and stunting, 1 in 4 children are malnourished and stunted. So how to identify malnourished and stunted children?

Zinc interacts with important hormones that help bone growth and height. However, many parents still do not fully understand the role and how to properly supplement zinc to increase height, leading to deficiency or excess, negatively affecting children's development.

The average height of young Vietnamese people has had positive changes in recent times. Specifically, the average height of young Vietnamese men is 168.1cm; women are 156.2cm. Statistics show that the average height of Vietnamese people has increased by more than 3cm compared to the results of 10 years ago, helping us no longer be in the group of "shortest in Southeast Asia".