Method of assisting individuals in lifestyle control programs conducive to good health
First Claim
1. A method of assisting a person in a lifestyle control program conducive to good health, comprising:
- storing in a database lifestyle data from a statistically large group of persons, and the correlation of such lifestyle data to good health;
collecting, in a personal logging device for the person, corresponding lifestyle data of the respective person;
feeding said collected lifestyle data from said personal logging device of the person to said database;
performing a statistical analysis of said lifestyle data collected from the respective person, with respect to said lifestyle data of said group stored in said database, to produce an output including correlations of said lifestyle data collected from respective persons to good health; and
feeding back to said person health-promoting information based on said correlations.
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Abstract
A method of assisting a person in a lifestyle control program conducive to good health, by storing in a database lifestyle data from a statistically large group of persons, and the correlation of such lifestyle data to good health; collecting, in a personal logging device for the person, corresponding lifestyle data of the respective person; feeding the collected lifestyle data from the personal logging device of the person to the database; performing a statistical analysis of the lifestyle data collected from the respective person, with respect to said lifestyle data of the group stored in the database, to produce an output including correlations of the lifestyle data collected from respective persons to good health; and feeding back to the person health-promoting information based on the correlations.
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1. A method of assisting a person in a lifestyle control program conducive to good health, comprising:
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storing in a database lifestyle data from a statistically large group of persons, and the correlation of such lifestyle data to good health;
collecting, in a personal logging device for the person, corresponding lifestyle data of the respective person;
feeding said collected lifestyle data from said personal logging device of the person to said database;
performing a statistical analysis of said lifestyle data collected from the respective person, with respect to said lifestyle data of said group stored in said database, to produce an output including correlations of said lifestyle data collected from respective persons to good health; and
feeding back to said person health-promoting information based on said correlations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 20)
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15. A method of providing health and lifestyle advice to a person, comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing the person with a lifestyle logging device;
(b) collecting lifestyle data from the person, (c) storing the lifestyle data in a database;
(d) collecting health related data from the person;
(e) performing steps (a)-(d) for other persons within a group of persons;
(f) determining statistical correlations between the lifestyle data and the health data to good health for the group of persons; and
(g) providing feedback to the person based on said statistical correlations;
whereby statistical correlations between lifestyle data and health data for the group of persons is used to provide feedback and advice to the person.
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16. A method of providing health and lifestyle advice to a person, within a group of persons, comprising:
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collecting lifestyle data from the group of persons and storing it in a database;
collecting health data from the group of persons;
collecting genomic data from the group of persons;
performing a statistical analysis of the health data in relation to the lifestyle data and the genomic data, so as to determine statistical correlations between the genomic data, the lifestyle data and the health data; and
providing advice to persons within the group of persons based on the statistical correlations;
whereby persons at high risk of disease or other health problems, based on the statistical analysis, are provided with advice on lifestyle changes which would be statistically effective in reducing health risks.
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18. A health maintenance method directed towards a person, comprising the steps of:
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providing the person with a lifestyle logger for the collection of lifestyle data related to the person;
providing the person with access to a remote computer system, so as to collect lifestyle data from the person; and
providing suggested lifestyle changes to the person based on the collected lifestyle data, so as to statistically reduce health risks.
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19. A method for predicting health risks of a person, within a group of persons, comprising the steps of:
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providing each person with a lifestyle logger;
providing a communications link between each lifestyle logger and a computer system, whereby lifestyle data related to each person is accessible to the computer system;
monitoring health data related to a plurality of persons within the group of persons;
determining statistical correlations between the collected lifestyle data and the monitored health data; and
using the determined statistical correlations to provide advice to persons within the group of persons.
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