Method and apparatus for transitioning a diet
First Claim
1. A method for transitioning a dieter'"'"'s diet from a natural diet to a goal diet comprising the steps of:
- storing characteristic data, said characteristic data including at least a diet goal;
tracking foods eaten for a time period sufficient to determine a natural diet;
determining a worst food eaten as a function of said diet goal and a replacement food for said worst food eaten;
said replacement food being more in keeping with said diet goal than said worst food as a function of food nutritional information and said dieter characteristic data;
developing an alternative menu in which said replacement food replaces said worst food; and
communicating said alternative menu to said dieter.
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Abstract
A system stores nutritional information for a variety of foods. A user, interactively connected to the system, via the Internet or the like, accesses the system. The system stores user characteristic data including current weight, diet characteristic information. The dieter inputs their daily food intake to the system. The system monitors the natural diet over a predetermined time, the length of time being sufficient to determine the natural eating patterns of the individual. As a function of the goal, the server ranks the foods eaten in order of worst to best for achieving the goal. The system compares the worst food to foods of the same type and suggests an alternative food to be included in the diet, which is more in keeping with the diet goal. This process is then repeated until the diet is sufficiently modified to achieve the diet goal.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for transitioning a dieter'"'"'s diet from a natural diet to a goal diet comprising the steps of:
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storing characteristic data, said characteristic data including at least a diet goal;
tracking foods eaten for a time period sufficient to determine a natural diet;
determining a worst food eaten as a function of said diet goal and a replacement food for said worst food eaten;
said replacement food being more in keeping with said diet goal than said worst food as a function of food nutritional information and said dieter characteristic data;
developing an alternative menu in which said replacement food replaces said worst food; and
communicating said alternative menu to said dieter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for transitioning a dieter'"'"'s diet comprising:
a dieter computer; and
a server in communication with said dieter computer, said server receiving dieter characteristic data input at said dieter computer and storing said dieter characteristic data, said dieter characteristic data including at least a diet, said server receiving dieter input foods corresponding to foods eaten for a period of time by said dieter and determining a dieter natural diet, said server determining a worst food eaten as a function of the diet goal and determining a replacement food for said worst food eaten, and communicating said replacement food to said dieter at said dieter computer.- View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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