Computer-implemented method and system as well as computer program product and data structure for drawing up a nutrition plan

• US 20070191689A1
• Filed: 08/23/2006
• Published: 08/16/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: InterComponentWare AG
• Original Assignee: InterComponentWare AG
• Inventors: Elitok, Ercan
• Application Number:
  US11/509,827
• Publication Number:
  US 20070191689A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets

Abstract

The present invention relates to a computer-based method, system, computer program product and data structure for drawing up a nutrition plan for at least one patient and/or a group of patients by a user comprising:

• • a step (S1) of providing a food database (100) defining the composition of a plurality of food products composed of at least part of its food ingredients;
  • a step (S2) of receiving an ingredient grading input by the user for establishing at least one grading for at least one food ingredient;
  • a step (S3) of assigning the at least one grading to a food ingredient grading scheme (110);
  • a step (S4, S4′) of applying the food ingredient grading scheme (110) to at least part of the food database (100) for achieving a grading for at least part of the food products; and
  • a step (S5, S5′) of assigning the food ingredient grading scheme (110) and/or at least part of the graded food products (122) to the at least one patient and/or the group of patients.

Claims

1. Computer-based method of drawing up a nutrition plan for at least one patient and/or a group of patients by a user comprising:

a step (S1) of providing a food database (100) defining the composition of a plurality of food products composed of at least part of its food ingredients;

a step (S2) of receiving an ingredient grading input by the user for establishing at least one grading for at least one food ingredient;

a step (S3) of assigning the at least one grading to a food ingredient grading scheme (110);

a step (S4, S4′

) of applying the food ingredient grading scheme (110) to at least part of the food database (100) for achieving a grading for at least part of the food products; and

a step (S5, S5′

) of assigning the food ingredient grading scheme (110) and/or at least part of the graded food products (122) to the at least one patient and/or the group of patients.

2. Method according to claim 1, wherein the step (S5) of assigning at least part of the graded food products to the at least one patient and/or the group of patients comprises the steps of

presenting a plurality of graded food products (122) together with the grading of the food products;

receiving a food product selection input by the user for achieving a selection of graded food products (122′

); and

assigning the selection of graded food products (122′

) to the at least one patient.

3. Method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the step (S5, S5′

) of assigning the food ingredient grading scheme (110) and/or at least part of the graded food products (122) to the at least one patient and/or the group of patients comprises

composing at least one diet program scheme (180) comprising the food ingredient grading scheme (110) and/or at least part of the graded food products (122); and

assigning the diet program scheme (180) to the at least one patient and/or the group of patients.

4. Method according to claim 3, further comprising the steps of

receiving a general goal reference value input for establishing at least one general goal scheme (188) defining at least one reference value for low and/or high limits for at least one of the group comprising body weight, body mass index, blood pressure, heart rate, and total cholesterol;

and/or

receiving a nutrition goal reference value input for establishing at least one nutrition goal scheme (190) defining at least one reference value for low and/or high limits for the intake/day for at least one food ingredient; and

/or

receiving physical activity prescription input for establishing at least one set of physical activity prescriptions (186); and

where the method further comprises

assigning the at least one general goal scheme (188) and/or the at least one nutrition goal scheme (190) and/or at least one set of physical activity prescriptions (186) to the at least one diet program scheme (180).

5. Method according to anyone of the preceding claims, wherein the step (S2) of receiving an ingredient grading input comprises

a step (136) of receiving an ingredient selection input by the user defining at least one ingredient to be graded;

a step (142) of receiving a grading reference value input for achieving at least one ingredient grading reference value, which the amount for the selected food ingredient should be compared to;

a step (140) receiving a grading interval input by the user defining a plurality of grading intervals each of which defines a percentage interval relative to the reference value; and

a step of assigning a grade to each of the grading intervals.

6. Method according to claim 4 or 5, further comprising a step of providing at least one standard reference value database defining a standard reference value for at least one type of reference values selected from the reference values for the general goals (188) and/or the nutrition goals (190) and/or the food ingredient grading,

wherein the steps of receiving a reference value input comprise the steps of

receiving a reference selection input for defining and/or selecting at least one reference value type;

and

retrieving the standard reference value for the defined reference value type from the at least one standard reference value database.

7. Method according to anyone of the claims 4 to 6, further comprising

a step of providing a reference value adaptation scheme (200) that defines for a plurality of different personal status conditions comprising age and/or sex of a patient a ratio for at least one reference value relative to the standard reference value defined for standard status conditions;

a step of receiving an input by the user for defining personal status data of the at least one patient, where the personal status data comprise age and/or sex of the at least one patient; and

a step of applying the reference value adaptation scheme to the standard reference values depending on the personal data for achieving personal reference values.

8. Method according to anyone of the preceding claims, wherein the step (S2) of receiving an ingredient grading input comprises a step (138) of receiving a weighting input by the user defining a weighting factor for the at least one grading of the at least one food ingredient and where the grading of the at least one food product is achieved by considering the grading for at least part of its ingredients with a relative weight defined by the respective weighting factor.

9. Method according to anyone of the preceding claims and claim 2, further comprising the steps of

receiving at least one high and/or low ingredient limit input by the user for defining at least one high and/or low limit for at least one food ingredient;

assigning the at least one received ingredient limit to at least one food ingredient filter scheme (184); and

applying the food ingredient filter scheme (184) to at least part of the food database (100) for achieving a filtering of at least part of the food products, where the filtering distinguishes between allowable and non-allowable food products; and

wherein in the step of presenting a plurality of graded food products only allowable food products are presented.

10. Method according to anyone of the preceding claims and claim 3 or 4, further comprising after assigning the diet program scheme to the at least one patient and/or the group of patients receiving an adaptation input for adapting at least one of the food ingredient grading scheme, the general goals, the nutrition goals, the filter scheme and the diet to the at least one patient and/or the group of patients.

15. Computer program product comprising program code, which when loaded in a computer system causes the system to perform step according to a method of one of the claims 1 to 12.

11. Computer-based method of drawing up a nutrition plan for at least one patient and/or a group of patients comprising

presenting at least one food product;

retrieving at least one ingredient of the food product from a food database (100);

retrieving at least one grading for the at least one ingredient of the food product from a food ingredient grading scheme (110′

) assigned to the at least one patient and/or the group of patients;

grading (S4′

) the food product depending on the at least one grading of the at least one of its ingredients; and

presenting the grading of the food product (124) together with the food product.

12. Method according to claim 11, wherein retrieving at least one ingredient comprises retrieving a plurality of ingredients of the at least one food product;

wherein determining at least one grading for the at least one ingredient comprises

determining at least one grading for at least part of the plurality of ingredients and

determining [setting] a weighting factor of the at least one grading for each ingredient; and

where in the step of grading the at least one food product the grading for each ingredient of the food product is considered with a weight defined by the associated weighting factor.

13. Computer system for drawing up or generating a nutrition plan for at least one patient and/or a group of patients by a user comprising:

food product composition storage means for storing at least one food database defining the composition of a plurality of food products composed of at least part of its food ingredients;

ingredient grading input means for receiving an input by the user for establishing at least one grading for at least one food ingredient;

grading scheme composition means for composing at least one food ingredient grading scheme by assigning the at least one grading for at least one food ingredient to the at least one food ingredient grading scheme;

food product grading means for grading at least part of the food products defined in the at least one food database depending on the grading of at least one of its ingredients according at least one food ingredient grading scheme; and

nutrition plan composition means for assigning the food ingredient grading scheme and/or at least part of the graded food products to a nutrition plan for the at least one patient and/or the group of patients.

14. Computer system for drawing up or generating a nutrition plan for at least one patient and/or a group of patients by a user comprising:

food product composition storage means for storing at least one food database defining the composition of a plurality of food products composed of at least part of its food ingredients;

food ingredient grading storage means for storing at least one food ingredient grading scheme assigned to the at least one patient and/or the group of patients, where the at least one food ingredient grading scheme defines at least one grading for at least one food ingredient;

food product grading means for grading at least one food product defined in the at least one food database depending on the grading of at least one of its ingredients according to the at least one food ingredient grading scheme; and

food product presenting means for presenting the at least one graded food product together with its grading.

16. Computer-implemented data structure integrated as an element of a nutrition plan for at least one patient, and/or a group of patients comprising:

at least one food database defining the composition of a plurality of food products composed of at least part of its food ingredients;

at least one food ingredient grading scheme defining a grading for at least one food ingredient;

where a link is established from the at least one graded food ingredient to the respective ingredient defined in the at least one food database as a component of at least one food product such that this link results in a grading of the at least one food product.

17. Data structure according to claim 16 further comprising

patient database for defining personal data for at least one patient or a group of patients;

a diet program scheme database, that defines at least one diet program scheme; and

where the data structure further comprises

a physical activity database comprising at least one physical activity prescription scheme (186) defining a prescription for physical activity as part of a nutrition plan; and

/or

a general goal database comprising at least one general goal scheme (188) defining at least one reference value for low and/or high limits for at least one of the group comprising body weight, body mass index, blood pressure, heart rate, and total cholesterol; and

/or

a nutrition goal database comprising at least one nutrition goal scheme (190) defining at least one reference value for low and/or high limits for the intake/day for at least one food ingredient; and

/or

a filter scheme database comprising at least one ingredient filter scheme (184) defining at least one high and/or low limit for at least one food ingredient; and

/or

a diet scheme database comprising at least one diet scheme defining for at least one meal its composition of at graded food products;

where each diet program scheme defines at least one data link that assigns the at least one food ingredient grading scheme and/or physical activity scheme and/or general goal scheme and/or nutrition goal scheme and/or filter scheme and/or diet scheme to a nutrition plan for at least one patient and/or a group of patients.

18. Data structure according to claim 16 or 17, where the food ingredient grading scheme comprises reference values relative to which the food ingredients are graded, and where the data structure further comprises

a personal database for defining personal data regarding the at least one patient;

and

a reference value database comprising at least one reference value data scheme defining reference values depending on the personal data for at least the nutrition goal scheme and/or the general goal scheme and/or the food ingredient grading scheme.