DIET ADHERENCE SYSTEM

摘要

A system and method for providing dietary guidance is provided. The method includes receiving a selection of a health program for an individual, the health program including a dietary regimen, measuring the individual's caloric expenditure and change in body composition or body mass during the individual's participation in the health program, determining adherence to the health program based on the measured caloric expenditure or the measured change in body composition or body mass, identifying a modification to the health program, and informing the individual of the modification. The modification can include nutritional supplements, meals or recipes having a nutritional and/or caloric content tailored to assist the individual in meeting his or her health goals. The method can further include predicting an expected change in body composition or body mass based on the health program and based on the individual's gender, age, height, weight, and other factors.

主权项

1. A system for providing weight loss guidance to a user, the system comprising:
a weight scale; a caloric expenditure calculator; and a personal device in communication with the weight scale and the caloric expenditure calculator, the personal device including a visual display and adapted to:
determine an average energy expenditure of the user based on the output of the caloric expenditure calculator,determine a dietary regimen and a model weight loss prediction for the user based on the average energy expenditure and a user-selected target weight loss,monitor adherence to the dietary regimen based on a comparison of the user's body mass as measured by the weight scale with the model weight loss prediction,provide a graphical representation of the measured body mass as compared to the model weight loss prediction on the visual display,select a modification of the dietary regimen, wherein the modification is based on a comparison of the user's body mass as measured by the weight scale and the model weight loss prediction, andpresent the modification of the dietary regimen to the user using the visual display to aid the user in achieving the user-selected target weight loss.