Health and fitness management system
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1. A method for instantaneously and continuously assessing real time energy balance for fitness management comprising, in order:
- (a) collecting food intake information for actual or expected food intake of a user over a specified period of time and contemporaneously converting the food intake information into food intake energy units for the first period of time, wherein the food intake units are based on relative energy content of one food compared to another without relying on standard caloric values;
(b) collecting by a device activity information for actual or expected activity by the user over the specified period of time and contemporaneously converting the activity information into energy units for the user for the first period of time;
(c) Instantaneously deriving, via a computing device, a calculated currently determined constant that reflects efficiency, which is a rate at which the user extracts energy from the food units that can be referenced against predicted and actual changes in weight, wherein the constant is a surrogate for intrinsic metabolic rate,(d) Instantaneously calculating by an algorithm from the calculated currently determined constant in (c) a predicted energy balance for the user, by;
a. Calculating a ratio of an amount of activity units expected divided by an amount of activity observed;
b. Calculating a ratio of an amount of food units expected divided by an amount of food units observed;
c. Weighting the ratio in (a) against the ratio in (b) according to goals of the user; and
d. Modifying the weighted ratio in (iii) by a rate at which the user performs the activity/work(e) Instantaneously predicting a change in weight from the predicted energy balance;
(f) Determining fitness level of the user based on the efficiency of energy consumption.
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A health and fitness management system is provided that has a health and fitness application operating, e.g., on a smart phone, that can wirelessly communicate with an activity module worn on the user which has an accelerometer. The application accepts food and weight inputs (e.g., from the smart phone) and user activity units (e.g., from the activity unit) and develops a user intrinsic metabolism. The application includes fitness arc and health quotient graphical indicators that guide the user on health and fitness activities.
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1. A method for instantaneously and continuously assessing real time energy balance for fitness management comprising, in order:
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(a) collecting food intake information for actual or expected food intake of a user over a specified period of time and contemporaneously converting the food intake information into food intake energy units for the first period of time, wherein the food intake units are based on relative energy content of one food compared to another without relying on standard caloric values; (b) collecting by a device activity information for actual or expected activity by the user over the specified period of time and contemporaneously converting the activity information into energy units for the user for the first period of time; (c) Instantaneously deriving, via a computing device, a calculated currently determined constant that reflects efficiency, which is a rate at which the user extracts energy from the food units that can be referenced against predicted and actual changes in weight, wherein the constant is a surrogate for intrinsic metabolic rate, (d) Instantaneously calculating by an algorithm from the calculated currently determined constant in (c) a predicted energy balance for the user, by; a. Calculating a ratio of an amount of activity units expected divided by an amount of activity observed; b. Calculating a ratio of an amount of food units expected divided by an amount of food units observed; c. Weighting the ratio in (a) against the ratio in (b) according to goals of the user; and d. Modifying the weighted ratio in (iii) by a rate at which the user performs the activity/work (e) Instantaneously predicting a change in weight from the predicted energy balance; (f) Determining fitness level of the user based on the efficiency of energy consumption. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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