Nutritional information system for shoppers
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1. Apparatus for generating personalized nutritional information comprising:
- (a) means for inputting personal data relating to an individual;
(b) barcode means for inputting data identifying at least one food product which said individual intends to purchase or consume;
(c) processor means under the control of a prestored computer program for correlating the personal data with prestored nutritional data, including a barcode address, pertinent to the at least one food product which the individual intends to purchase or consume;
(d) means for outputting information to the individual pertinent to the at least one food product and the personal data of the individual; and
(e) a mobile base supported by a plurality of wheels, wherein said mobile base comprises a shopping cart.
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Abstract
A method for providing personalized nutrition information to an individual comprising the following steps: (a) inputting personal data relating to an individual; (b) inputting data identifying at least one food product which the individual intends to purchase or consume; (c) accessing prestored information relating to the at least one food product which the individual intends to purchase or consume; (d) generating and outputting information about the at least one food product which the individual intends to purchase or consume pertinent to the input personal data.
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1. Apparatus for generating personalized nutritional information comprising:
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(a) means for inputting personal data relating to an individual; (b) barcode means for inputting data identifying at least one food product which said individual intends to purchase or consume; (c) processor means under the control of a prestored computer program for correlating the personal data with prestored nutritional data, including a barcode address, pertinent to the at least one food product which the individual intends to purchase or consume; (d) means for outputting information to the individual pertinent to the at least one food product and the personal data of the individual; and (e) a mobile base supported by a plurality of wheels, wherein said mobile base comprises a shopping cart.
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2. Method for generating personalized nutritional information while shopping, comprising the steps of:
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(a) inputting personal data relating to an individual; (b) selecting at least one food product while shopping which said individual intends to purchase and inputting data identifying said food product; (c) correlating said personal data with prestored nutritional data, including a barcode address, pertinent to said food product which said individual intends to purchase; and (d) outputting information to said individual pertinent to said food product and said personal data to assist said individual in making a decision to actually purchase said food product.
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