Weight Management System Using Adaptive Targets
First Claim
1. A method for managing the weight of a person having a starting weight at a starting time, and an associated predefined target weight to be realized within a predefined target period, comprisingderiving a target energy balance, relating to a target difference between energy intake and energy expenditure of the person, from the starting weight, the target weight, and the target period;
- determining a weight reduction plan comprising a sequence of at least two phases, representing a corresponding sequence of successive time intervals, one phase representing a time interval having an end time associated with an end time of the target period;
assigning to each successive phase a distinct set of phase targets comprising at least one phase target relating to food intake of the person, physical activity of the person, or target body weight of the person, such thataccording to a simulation model of the relation between energy intake, physical activity, and body weight, each phase fulfills the constraint that the respective assigned set of phase targets can be achieved, taking into account the phases preceding the phase in the sequence, andthe phase representing the time interval having the end time associated with the end time of the target period is assigned at least a phase target related to the target weight;
collecting information about the person relating to at least realized energy intake and realized energy expenditure;
computing the realized energy balance from the collected information; and
providing feedback to the person related to the phase targets and the collected information.
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Abstract
A method for managing the weight of a subject having an associated predefined target weight, comprises deriving a target energy balance and computing the realized energy balance (303) from collected information (301, 302). It further comprises determining a weight reduction plan (304) comprising a sequence of at least two phases, representing a corresponding sequence of successive time intervals, one phase representing a time interval having an end time associated with an end time of the target period. It involves assigning to each successive phase a distinct set of phase targets comprising at least one phase target relating to food intake of the subject, physical activity of the subject, or target body weight of the subject, such that according to a simulation model of the relation between energy intake, physical activity, and body weight, each phase fulfills the constraint that the respective assigned set of phase targets can be achieved.
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1. A method for managing the weight of a person having a starting weight at a starting time, and an associated predefined target weight to be realized within a predefined target period, comprising
deriving a target energy balance, relating to a target difference between energy intake and energy expenditure of the person, from the starting weight, the target weight, and the target period; -
determining a weight reduction plan comprising a sequence of at least two phases, representing a corresponding sequence of successive time intervals, one phase representing a time interval having an end time associated with an end time of the target period; assigning to each successive phase a distinct set of phase targets comprising at least one phase target relating to food intake of the person, physical activity of the person, or target body weight of the person, such that according to a simulation model of the relation between energy intake, physical activity, and body weight, each phase fulfills the constraint that the respective assigned set of phase targets can be achieved, taking into account the phases preceding the phase in the sequence, and the phase representing the time interval having the end time associated with the end time of the target period is assigned at least a phase target related to the target weight; collecting information about the person relating to at least realized energy intake and realized energy expenditure; computing the realized energy balance from the collected information; and providing feedback to the person related to the phase targets and the collected information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for managing the weight of a person having a starting weight at a starting time, and an associated predefined target weight to be realized within a predefined target period, comprising
means for deriving a target energy balance, relating to a target difference between energy intake and energy expenditure of the person, from the starting weight, the target weight, and the target period; -
means for determining a weight reduction plan comprising a sequence of at least two phases, representing a corresponding sequence of successive time intervals, one phase representing a time interval having an end time associated with an end time of the target period; means for assigning to each phase a set of phase targets comprising at least one phase target relating to food intake of the person, physical activity of the person, or target body weight of the person, such that according to a simulation model of the relation between energy intake, physical activity, and body weight, each phase fulfills the constraint that the respective assigned set of phase targets can be achieved, taking into account the phases preceding the phase in the sequence, and the phase representing the time interval having the end time associated with the end time of the target period is assigned at least a phase target related to the target weight; means for collecting information about the person related to at least realized energy intake and realized energy expenditure; means for computing the realized energy balance from the collected information; and means for providing feedback to the person related to the phase targets and the collected information.
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