Personal Nutrition and Wellness Advisor
First Claim
1. A computer-assisted method for advising and assisting users in reaching and maintaining their health goals, the method comprising:
- receiving, into the one or more computers, personal attributes and health information data for a specific user;
estimating, with the one or more computers, initial recommended daily energy and nutrients budgets for the specific user based on at least the user'"'"'s personal attributes and health information data;
constructing and ranking, with the one or more computers, a personalized food item list populated with food items having cumulative energy and nutrient content to satisfy the present energy and nutritional needs for said user;
wherein the food item list ranking is based at least on the user'"'"'s recommended daily energy and nutrient budgets, the most recent user personal attributes, and health information data;
presenting, with the one or more computers, the ranked food item list to the user clearly distinguishing the different food item ranks to entice the user into selecting one or more food items having the highest ranks;
receiving, with the one or more computers, signals indicating the user'"'"'s desire to consume one or more specific food items from the ranked food item list;
approving, with the one or more computers, the one or more user selections if their consumption will not result in exceeding the recommended daily energy budget or nutrient upper limits;
advising, with the one or more computers, the user to make food item selection adjustments if consuming the one or more specific food items would cause the energy budget or nutrient upper limits to be exceeded;
tracking, with the one or more computers, the user'"'"'s actual food items and portions consumed and any performed health-related actions;
adjusting, with the one or more computers, the remaining daily energy and nutrient balances based on the user'"'"'s consumed food items and any performed health-related actions; and
asynchronously updating, with the one or more computers, the contents of one or more of the recommended food item list, the food item ranks, and/or the recommended daily energy and nutrient budgets, in response to one or more of health-related user actions, external events, or physiological parameter measurements.
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Abstract
Personal nutrition and wellness advisor system comprised of at least one computing platform, medical and nutrition knowledge databases, food nutrient databases, receives and analyzes each user'"'"'s initial personal and health-related information to intelligently estimate his initial energy & nutrient budgets and physical activity needs; interactively constructs and presents to the user personalized energy and nutrient content-based, location-based, activity-based, and event-based ranked available food item lists and recipes to encourage the user to be physically active and to consume food items containing the most needed nutrients; tracks the user food consumption, physical activity, updates to energy and nutrient budget balances, any physiological parameter measurements, any taken medication types, doses, and times, and any other external events which may cause changes to user-specific health-related variables; and automatically varies the types, rankings, and/or portions of the food items in the recommended available food item list based on the results of tracked activities.
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21 Claims
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1. A computer-assisted method for advising and assisting users in reaching and maintaining their health goals, the method comprising:
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receiving, into the one or more computers, personal attributes and health information data for a specific user; estimating, with the one or more computers, initial recommended daily energy and nutrients budgets for the specific user based on at least the user'"'"'s personal attributes and health information data; constructing and ranking, with the one or more computers, a personalized food item list populated with food items having cumulative energy and nutrient content to satisfy the present energy and nutritional needs for said user;
wherein the food item list ranking is based at least on the user'"'"'s recommended daily energy and nutrient budgets, the most recent user personal attributes, and health information data;presenting, with the one or more computers, the ranked food item list to the user clearly distinguishing the different food item ranks to entice the user into selecting one or more food items having the highest ranks; receiving, with the one or more computers, signals indicating the user'"'"'s desire to consume one or more specific food items from the ranked food item list; approving, with the one or more computers, the one or more user selections if their consumption will not result in exceeding the recommended daily energy budget or nutrient upper limits; advising, with the one or more computers, the user to make food item selection adjustments if consuming the one or more specific food items would cause the energy budget or nutrient upper limits to be exceeded; tracking, with the one or more computers, the user'"'"'s actual food items and portions consumed and any performed health-related actions; adjusting, with the one or more computers, the remaining daily energy and nutrient balances based on the user'"'"'s consumed food items and any performed health-related actions; and asynchronously updating, with the one or more computers, the contents of one or more of the recommended food item list, the food item ranks, and/or the recommended daily energy and nutrient budgets, in response to one or more of health-related user actions, external events, or physiological parameter measurements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer-assisted method for estimating and updating recommended daily energy and nutrient budgets for a specific user comprised of:
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receiving, into the one or more computers, ongoing updates of personal attributes and health information data for a specific user, wherein the health information data includes one or more personal health goals; estimating, with the one or more computers, the recommended daily energy requirements for the specific user based on the received personal attributes and health information data; estimating, with the one or more computers, the macronutrient energy distribution ratios based on the health information data and one or more personal health goals; estimating, with the one or more computers, the recommended micronutrient requirements based on the health information data; monitoring, with the one or more computers, the stored personal records for any changes in the user'"'"'s personal attributes and health information data; and updating, with the one or more computers, the estimated energy budget, ranges of macronutrient distribution ratios, and ranges of micronutrient requirements based on the values of the monitored changes. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A system for assisting users in reaching and maintaining their nutrition and wellness goals, the system comprising:
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one or more computer-readable storage devices; and one or more processors configured to receive ongoing updates of personal attributes and health information data for a specific user; receive ongoing updates of recommended daily energy and nutrients budgets for the specific user; construct and rank, with the assistance of the one or more computers, a personalized food item list populated with food items having cumulative energy and nutrient content to satisfy the present energy and nutritional needs for said user;
wherein the food item list ranking is based at least on the user'"'"'s recommended daily energy and nutrient budgets, the most recent user personal attributes, and health information data;present the ranked food item list to the user clearly distinguishing the different food item ranks to entice the user into selecting one or more food items having the highest ranks; receive signals indicating the user'"'"'s desire to consume one or more specific food items from the ranked food item list; approve the one or more user selections if their consumption will not result in exceeding the recommended daily energy budget or nutrient upper limits; advise the user to make food item selection adjustments if consuming the one or more specific food items would cause the energy budget or nutrient upper limits to be exceeded; track the user'"'"'s actual food items and portions consumed and any performed health-related actions; adjust the remaining daily energy and nutrient balances based on the user'"'"'s consumed food items and any performed health-related actions; and asynchronously update the contents of one or more of the recommended food item list, the food item ranks, and/or the recommended daily energy and nutrient budgets, in response to one or more of health-related user actions, external events, or physiological parameter measurements. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions stored thereon,
the instructions being executable by one or more computing devices in order to cause the one or more computing devices to perform operations comprising: -
receiving, into the one or more computers, personal attributes and health information data for a specific user; estimating, with the one or more computers, initial recommended daily energy and nutrients budgets for the specific user based on at least the user'"'"'s personal attributes and health information data; constructing and ranking, with the one or more computers, a personalized food item list populated with food items having cumulative energy and nutrient content to satisfy the present energy and nutritional needs for said user;
wherein the food item list ranking is based at least on the user'"'"'s recommended daily energy and nutrient budgets, the most recent user personal attributes, and health information data;presenting, with the one or more computers, the ranked food item list to the user clearly distinguishing the different food item ranks to entice the user into selecting one or more food items having the highest ranks; receiving, with the one or more computers, signals indicating the user'"'"'s desire to consume one or more specific food items from the ranked food item list; approving, with the one or more computers, the one or more user selections if their consumption will not result in exceeding the recommended daily energy budget or nutrient upper limits; advising, with the one or more computers, the user to make food item selection adjustments if consuming the one or more specific food items would cause the energy budget or nutrient upper limits to be exceeded; tracking, with the one or more computers, the user'"'"'s actual food items and portions consumed and any performed health-related actions; adjusting, with the one or more computers, the remaining daily energy and nutrient balances based on the user'"'"'s consumed food items and any performed health-related actions; and asynchronously updating, with the one or more computers, the contents of one or more of the recommended food item list, the food item ranks, and/or the recommended daily energy and nutrient budgets, in response to one or more of health-related user actions, external events, or physiological parameter measurements.
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