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1. A method for assisting a person to maintain a predetermined diet, the method comprising:
determining in a processing device, a minimum and maximum relative score number effective for maintaining a predetermined diet over a period of time; calculating a relative score number for each of a number of possible food serving choices by fitting at least two characteristics of the possible food serving choices to a model generated by forced choice comparisons of sample food choices by a plurality of informed domain representatives; identifying in a computing device, food serving choices that will provide an aggregated total relative score number between the determined minimum and maximum relative score number; and outputting via an output device, a diet plan using the identified food serving choices to thereby assist the person to maintain the predetermined diet, wherein the relative score number is calculated by assigning a raw score comprising a fixed value when a serving portion of one of the food serving choices comprises a food or nonalcoholic beverage having 5 grams or less carbohydrates and less than 20 kilocalories; for a serving portion of one of the food serving choices having 3 grams of carbohydrates or more, determining protein, fiber, trans fatty acids, saturated fatty acids, total fatty acids, sodium, and vitamin values and calculating a raw score using an equation selected from the following equations:Equation 1A defined as,
Raw Score=k1+k2*√{square root over (sodium milligrams)}−k3*√{square root over (fiber grams)}− k4*√{square root over (protein grams)}+k5*√{square root over (trans fat grams+saturated fat grams)}+ k6*√{square root over (carbohydrate grams+protein grams+total fat grams)}− k7*√{square root over (sum of % daily value for vitamins A, C, and minerals iron and calcium)}−k8*carbohydrate grams, wherein k1 is 0 to 15, k2 is 0 to 5, k3 is 0 to 15, k4 is 0 to 30, k5 is 0 to 30, k6 is 0 to 30, k7 is 0 to 10, and k8 is 0 to 10, where at least three of k1 through k8 have a value greater than 0;Equation 1B defined as,
Raw Score=k9+k10*√{square root over (sodium milligrams)}−k11*√{square root over (fiber grams)}− k12*√{square root over (protein grams)}+k13*√{square root over (trans fat grams+saturated fat grams)}+ k14*√{square root over (carbohydrate grams+protein grams+total fat grams)}− k15*carbohydrate grams, wherein k9 is 0 to 20, k10 is 0 to 15, k11 is 0 to 30, k12 is 0 to 30, k13 is 0 to 30, k14 is 0 to 40, and k15 is 0 to 10, where at least three of k9 through k15 have a value greater than 0; andEquation 1C defined as,
Raw Score=k99+k100*√{square root over (sodium milligrams)}−k101*√{square root over (fiber grams)}− k102*√{square root over (protein grams)}+k103*√{square root over (trans fat grams+saturated fat grams)}+ k104*√{square root over (carbohydrate grams+protein grams+total fat grams)}− k105*carbohydrate grams, wherein k99 is 0 to 45, k100 is 0 to 5, k101 is 0 to 30, k102 is 0 to 20, k103 is 0 to 30, k104 is 0 to 40, and k105 is 0 to 10, where at least three of k99 through k105 have a value greater than 0; for a serving portion of one of the food serving choices having less than 3 grams of carbohydrates, determining protein, saturated fatty acids, total fatty acids, calcium and sodium values and calculating a raw score usingEquation 2 defined as,
Raw Score=k16+k17*√{square root over (total fat grams)}+ k18*√{square root over (trans fat grams+saturated fat grams)}+ k19*√{square root over (sodium milligrams)}−k20*√{square root over (protein grams)}− k21*calcium milligrams, wherein k16 is 0 to 45, k17 is 0 to 20, k18 is 0 to 20, k19 is 0 to 5, k20 is 0 to 20, and k21 is 0 to 10, where at least three of k16 through k21 have a value greater than 0; when a serving portion of one of the food serving choices comprises a nonalcoholic beverage having 20 kilocalories or more, determining sugar, total fatty acids, calcium, and vitamin values and calculating a raw score usingEquation 3 defined as,
Raw Score=k22+k23*√{square root over (total fat grams)}− k24*√{square root over (calcium milligrams)}+k25*√{square root over (sugar grams)}− k26*√{square root over (sum of % daily value for vitamins A, C, and minerals iron and calcium)}, wherein k22 is 0 to 90, k23 is 0 to 30, k24 is 0 to 20, k25 is 0 to 20, and k26 is 0 to 20, where at least three of k22 through k26 have a value greater than 0; and when a serving portion of one of the food serving choices comprises an alcoholic beverage, determining a raw score usingEquation 4 defined as,
Raw Score=k27*√{square root over (number of serving of alcoholic beverage)}, wherein k27 is 0 to 100. |
