SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING, PROCESSING, AND PRESENTING NUTRITION-RELATED INFORMATION

摘要

A device may acquire information associated with an age, a gender, a weight, a height, and one or more lifestyle factors of a user. The device may also receive a nutrition inquiry of the user. The device may also compute a recommended daily amount of one or more nutrients for consumption by the user based on the received nutrition inquiry and at least a portion of the acquired information. The device may also determine information indicating a health benefit of the one or more nutrients and information indicating a health detriment associated with a deficiency or excess of the one or more nutrients and display the determined information. The device may also generate a ranked list of a plurality of foods that contain the one or more nutrients, wherein the list may be ranked according to a recommended percent daily value for the one or more nutrients.

主权项

1. An apparatus for providing nutrition-related information to a user, wherein the apparatus comprises at least one processor and a memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
acquire information associated with an age, a gender, a weight, a height, and one or more lifestyle factors of a user; receive a nutrition inquiry of the user; based on the received nutrition inquiry and at least a portion of the acquired information, compute a recommended daily amount of one or more nutrients for consumption by the user; determine information indicating a health benefit of the one or more nutrients and information indicating a health detriment associated with a deficiency or excess of the one or more nutrients and to display the determined information; generate a ranked list of a plurality of foods that contain the one or more nutrients, wherein the list is ranked according to a recommended percent daily value for the one or more nutrients; and determine location information associated with one or more of the plurality of foods in relation to a location corresponding to the user.