Global overweight and obesity preventing and tracking system and method

• US 10,295,399 B2
• Filed: 05/22/2008
• Issued: 05/21/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yefim G. Kriger
• Original Assignee: Yefim G. Kriger
• Inventors: Kriger, Yefim G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Niketa I
• Assistant Examiner(s): Jian, Shirley X
• Application Number:
  US12/125,902
• Publication Number:
  US 20080294370A1
• Time in Patent Office: 4,016 Days
• Field of Search: 600300, 600301, 128903-905, 128920, 128921, 705 2- 5
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 19/4146 for controlling caloric intake, e.g. diet control
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 23/3735 using a digital network
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

An obesity preventing and tracking system, the system comprising: at least one in-building overweight and obesity preventing module for collecting anthropometry information from a person at a fixed location in order to forecast and prevent development of an obesity condition; and/or at least one on-board vehicle overweight and obesity preventing module for collecting the anthropometry information from the person in a vehicle operable by the person in order to forecast and prevent development of an obesity condition and/or at least one entertainment overweight and obesity preventing module for collecting anthropometry information from said person while said person is a guest at an entertainment facility in order to forecast and prevent development of an obesity condition; and a communications network for linking at least one in-building overweight and obesity preventing module and at least one on-board vehicle overweight and obesity preventing module and at least one entertainment overweight and obesity preventing module to a trend obesity preventing service for predicting the development of an obesity condition of the person.

Claims

1. An obesity predicting system, the system comprising:

a plurality of modules each of the plurality of modules having a computer having stored instructions that when executed causes the computer to collect anthropometry measurements of an individual from a variety of locations and predict an obesity condition based upon collected anthropometry measurements of the individual, wherein the plurality of modules comprise;

at least one on-board vehicle overweight and obesity predicting module configured to collect anthropometry measurements of an individual in a vehicle;

at least one in-building overweight and obesity predicting module configured to collect anthropometry measurements of an individual at a fixed location; and

at least one entertainment overweight and obesity predicting module configured to collect anthropometry measurements of an individual at an entertainment facility; and

a communications network for linking the at least one on-board vehicle overweight and obesity predicting module, the at least one in-building overweight and obesity predicting module, and the at least one entertainment overweight and obesity predicting module to a computer of the obesity predicting system, the computer of the obesity predicting system having stored instructions that when executed causes the computer of the obesity predicting system to collect the anthropometry measurements from each of the plurality of modules and use the collected anthropometry measurements to predict whether the individual is trending towards an obesity condition, wherein the computer of the obesity predicting system uses a currently collected weight measurement to calculate a BMI progress based in part upon an age of the individual and then determine if the individual is trending towards an overweight condition based the comparison of the calculated BMI progress with a recommended BMI progress, wherein the system after determining on more than one occasion that the individual is trending towards the overweight condition, the system will request authorization to send a warning message to a health care provider of the individual, upon receipt of authorization to send a warning message to the health care provider of the individual, the system will send the warning message to the health care provider of the individual, and wherein the system is configured to determine whether a different individual is having their weight measured by the system by determining whether two consecutive measurements of the individual are greater than a pre-determined amount.

2. The system as in claim 1, wherein the stored instructions of the at least one in-building overweight and obesity predicting module when executed causes the at least one in-building overweight and obesity predicting module to store and analyze height, age, gender and weight information of the individual at the fixed location.

3. The system as in claim 2, wherein the stored instructions of the at least one in-building overweight and obesity predicting module when executed causes the at least one in-building overweight and obesity predicting module to collect measurements of weight and height of the individual and wherein the obesity predicting system predicts the obesity condition by using a body mass index.

4. The system as in claim 3, wherein the stored instructions of the at least one in-building overweight and obesity predicting module further comprises a device for obtaining the height of the individual and wherein the system is configured to determine whether a prescribed period of time has elapsed since the height of the individual has been measured.

5. The system as in claim 2, wherein the stored instructions of the plurality of modules when executed causes the plurality of modules to perform the following functions when the individual steps onto a weight and height measuring platform:

determine the individual'"'"'s identity;

measure the individual'"'"'s weight and height;

provide audio communication with the individual;

provide results of measurements in the form of weight, height, body mass index and transmit the results of the measurements to the computer of the obesity predicting system;

forecast obesity of the individual in a predetermined period of time; and

provide an alert to the individual when the forecast of obesity in the predetermined period of time has been determined.

6. The system as in claim 1, wherein the computer of the obesity predicting system further comprises a client data base and additional stored instructions that when executed send a warning to the individual'"'"'s health care provider when the system determines that the obesity condition will develop in a predetermined period of time.

7. The system as in claim 1, wherein the anthropometry measurements include weight and height of the individual and wherein the obesity predicting system is configured to provide a warning to the individual if the obesity condition will occur in a predetermined time period.

8. The system as in claim 7, wherein the at least one on-board vehicle overweight and obesity predicting module further comprises a switch inserted in a back of a seat of the vehicle, wherein the switch will provide a signal to the computer of the at least one on-board vehicle overweight if the individual'"'"'s back is touching the seat.

9. The system as in claim 1, wherein the at least one in-building overweight and obesity predicting module further comprises an apparatus measuring the individual'"'"'s height and weight while they are lying on a bed.