magazineAuthors: Nguyen Thuy Linh; Yoshinori Komatsu; Hoang Thu Nga (2020)
The cross-sectional study determined the prevalence and possible factors associated with micronutrient
deficiencies (MNDs) among women aged 18 – 55 working at two companies in Northern Vietnam. Anemia,
iron deficiency (ID), iron deficiency anemia (IDA) and calcium deficiency prevalence was 9.52%, 20.24%,
5.16% and 28.17%, respectively. Intakes of iron, zinc, calcium, folate and vitamin A, C, D were below
recommendations. Age and the number of children were found to be risk factors of calcium deficiency.
Inadequate dietary intakes of vitamin A, C and iron varied with age 
