In many tasks, solutions with nutritional factors are mentioned: "Nutrition in the infirmary must be focused on throughout life, according to each age, development stage, health status, ensuring balance in portion sizes, nutritional components, meal quality, suitable for the physical, cultural and economic conditions of Vietnamese people".
Nutrition is a factor, seemingly small but determines the health of not only a generation but the whole nation. The problem is, you need to understand nutrition deeply, not just talk about nutrition. For example, athletes preparing for the SEA Games are given an increase in food allowance from 320,000 VND/day to 480,000 VND/day. Looking at the large amount of money, but without a scientific nutritional plan, it will only be "full" but not necessarily "enough nutrients". That is, get enough calories but lack micronutrients, lack of balance between protein, fat, powder, vitamins, minerals...
Or school nutrition is the same: boarding meals for students, scratched with meals are not necessarily reasonable because their physical conditions are different. Therefore, to increase the stature of adolescents by 1.5cm by 2030, a personalized nutritional program is even needed to maximize effectiveness.
The question is, how to turn this thinking into specific action? From leaders to people, from the Ministry of Health to commune health stations, from primary schools to the training ground of the national team - all must move towards a philosophy: "nurture and disease prevention are investment, not cost". Because if we continue to maintain the thinking of "if you are sick, go to the hospital", then whether increasing food costs, increasing beds, or opening more hospitals is just "resolving the consequences".
Prevention is a persistent revolution, with nutrition as the spearhead. Starting with family meals, school meals, athletes' portions - where each tablespoon, piece of meat, and vegetable is decisive. But in polluted environments, how and how to get the best nutrition?
We have to learn. Of course. That means more training is needed for nutritionists, nutritionists, nutrition coaches... To teach, to spread...
