Name: Dr. Quan Le Nga, M.D, Ph.D
Country: Vietnam
.
(In 1 survey conducted by NIN)
Table 1: Age when children receive complementary food
Month age
<3 months
3 months
4 months
5 months
6 months
>6 months
%
9.0
14.1
33.6
20.7
20.0
2.5
The time of introduction of complementary feeding to children is too early.
(WBTi: Percentage of children <6 months received complementary food: 83%)
Between 2004-2009, the retail value of the mild formula
market increased 140% and in 2009 was valued at USD
390 million while the total government health budget in
the same year was USD 309 million (Euromonitor
International 2010).
(1)Source: Euromonitor International (2010)
(2)Source: IMF (2009)
2004-2009 milk formula retail market size and GDP
by country
Country
2004-2009 retail
market growth (1)
(%)
China
Vietnam
Indonesia
Philippines
Thailand
Malaysia
256%
140%
116%
99%
88%
57%
2009 retail market
value per child (1)
(USD per capita
population aged 0-36
months)
112.0
82.6
114.0
69.8
249.4
164.7
2009 GDP (2) (USD)
3,565
1,108
2,224
1,721
3,973
7,469
•Bottle feeding of children less than 12 months of age:
2.2% (2000)
21.9% (2004)
25,6% (2006)
•The time beginning providing complementary food:
4 months after birth:
33.6%
5 months after birth:
20.7%
6 months after birth:
20%
Complementary foods are given from 4-6 month around 74.3%
It seems that bottle feeding & complementary foods have been
rising rapidly.
Thank you for your attention!