PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS BASED ON DIETARY FIBER AS ENERGY
First Claim
1. A process for controlling body weight of a consumer, comprising, for each of a plurality of candidate food servings, obtaining respective food energy data representing an energy content thereof based on an energy contribution of each of its protein content, its carbohydrate content, its dietary fiber content and its fat content;
- selecting food servings from the plurality of candidate food servings such that a sum of respective food energy data of the selected food servings bears a predetermined relationship to predetermined food energy benchmark data for the consumer in a given period; and
ingesting the selected food servings.
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Abstract
A process for controlling body weight of a consumer obtains food energy data of candidate food servings to be ingested based on an energy contribution of each of its protein content, its carbohydrate content, its dietary fiber content and its fat content and ingesting the food servings such that a sum of the food energy data thereof bears a predetermined relationship to predetermined food energy benchmark data of the consumer for a given period. Related processes for selecting and purchasing food, for producing food energy data and for producing a food product are provided. Related processes and systems for supplying food energy data to a requester and supplying meal plan data to a consumer are also provided.
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1. A process for controlling body weight of a consumer, comprising, for each of a plurality of candidate food servings, obtaining respective food energy data representing an energy content thereof based on an energy contribution of each of its protein content, its carbohydrate content, its dietary fiber content and its fat content;
- selecting food servings from the plurality of candidate food servings such that a sum of respective food energy data of the selected food servings bears a predetermined relationship to predetermined food energy benchmark data for the consumer in a given period; and
ingesting the selected food servings. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
- selecting food servings from the plurality of candidate food servings such that a sum of respective food energy data of the selected food servings bears a predetermined relationship to predetermined food energy benchmark data for the consumer in a given period; and
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8. A process for selecting and purchasing food, comprising, using at least one of food identification data and food serving nutrient data of a food offered for sale, obtaining food energy data representing an energy content thereof based on an energy contribution of each of its protein content, its carbohydrate content, its dietary fiber content and its fat content;
- selecting the food offered for sale based on its food energy data; and
purchasing the selected food offered for sale. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
- selecting the food offered for sale based on its food energy data; and
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12. A process for producing food energy data for a selected food, comprising, in a data processing system, receiving at least one of food identification data and food nutrient data of a selected food;
- and, in the data processing system, obtaining food energy data for the selected food based on the at least one of its food identification data and food nutrient data, and an energy contribution of each of its protein content, its carbohydrate content, its dietary fiber content and its fat content.
- View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A process for providing data to a data requester, comprising, receiving request data in a data processing system representing a request for food energy data for a predetermined food serving;
- using a processor of the data processing system, obtaining respective food energy data representing an energy content thereof based on an energy contribution of each of its protein content, its carbohydrate content, its dietary fiber content and its fat content; and
at least one of (a) communicating the food energy data to a device for presentation to the data requester, and (b) presenting the food energy data to the data requester via a presentation device of the data processing system. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
- using a processor of the data processing system, obtaining respective food energy data representing an energy content thereof based on an energy contribution of each of its protein content, its carbohydrate content, its dietary fiber content and its fat content; and
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24. A system for providing data to a data requester comprises an input operative to receive request data representing a request for food energy data for a predetermined food serving;
- a processor coupled with the input to receive the request data and configured to obtain food energy data in response thereto representing an energy content thereof based on an energy contribution of each of its protein content, its carbohydrate content, its dietary fiber content and its fat content; and
at least one of (a) communications coupled with the processor to receive the food energy data therefrom and to communicate the food energy data to a device for presentation to the data requester, and (b) a presentation device coupled with the processor to receive the food energy data and operative to present the food energy data to the data requester. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
- a processor coupled with the input to receive the request data and configured to obtain food energy data in response thereto representing an energy content thereof based on an energy contribution of each of its protein content, its carbohydrate content, its dietary fiber content and its fat content; and
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28. A process for providing meal plan data to a consumer, comprising, receiving request data in a data processing system representing a request for a meal plan from a consumer;
- in response to the request, obtaining food energy data in the data processing system for each of a plurality of predetermined food servings based on an energy contribution of each of its protein content, its carbohydrate content, its dietary fiber content and its fat content;
obtaining meal plan data representing a plurality of predetermined food servings to be consumed by the consumer during a predetermined period based on the food energy data; and
at least one of (a) communicating the meal plan data to a device for presentation to the data requester, and (b) presenting the meal plan data to the data requester via a presentation device of the data processing system. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
- in response to the request, obtaining food energy data in the data processing system for each of a plurality of predetermined food servings based on an energy contribution of each of its protein content, its carbohydrate content, its dietary fiber content and its fat content;
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31. A system for providing meal plan data to a consumer, comprising, an input operative to receive request data representing a request for a meal plan from the consumer;
- a processor coupled with the input to receive the request data and configured to obtain food energy data for each of a plurality of predetermined food servings based on an energy contribution of each of its protein content, its carbohydrate content, its dietary fiber content and its fat content, and to obtain meal plan data representing a plurality of predetermined food servings to be consumed by the consumer during a predetermined period based on the food energy data; and
at least one of (a) communications coupled with the processor to receive the meal plan data therefrom and to communicate the meal plan data to a device for presentation to the consumer, and (b) a presentation device coupled with the processor to receive the meal plan data and operative to present the meal plan data to the consumer. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33)
- a processor coupled with the input to receive the request data and configured to obtain food energy data for each of a plurality of predetermined food servings based on an energy contribution of each of its protein content, its carbohydrate content, its dietary fiber content and its fat content, and to obtain meal plan data representing a plurality of predetermined food servings to be consumed by the consumer during a predetermined period based on the food energy data; and
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34. A process for producing a food product having food energy data associated therewith, comprising, obtaining a food product, supplying at least one of food identification data and food nutrient data of the food product;
- obtaining food energy data for the food product based on an energy contribution of each of its protein content, its carbohydrate content, its dietary fiber content and its fat content; and
associating the food energy data with the food product. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38)
- obtaining food energy data for the food product based on an energy contribution of each of its protein content, its carbohydrate content, its dietary fiber content and its fat content; and
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