Method and system for supporting eating habits

A support system of eating habits which supports a user in making out a menu for a predetermined period for one or more members sitting around a table, the system comprising:

• storage means having a table that stores dietary requirements for one day and ingredient intake targets for respective foodstuffs classified into food groups, the dietary requirements and ingredient intake targets being based on attributes of the members, as well as food nutritive components of each foodstuff or dish;
• first calculating means for determining, for each of said members, a dietary requirement for said predetermined period and an ingredient intake target for said predetermined period, with reference to said table on the basis of the attributes of each member stored in said storage section;
• first inputting means for obtaining eating habit information on foodstuffs often used from said input section to store the information in said storage section;
• second calculating means for subtracting the nutritional intake of a restricted diet contained in said attributes from the dietary requirement for said predetermined period which has been determined by said first calculating means, to determine a nutritional intake to be managed;
• third calculating means for determining, from the ingredient intake target for said predetermined period which has been determined by said first calculating means, a difference between the nutritional intake calculated with reference to said table and said nutritional intake to be managed which has been determined by said second calculating means;
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• fourth calculating means for minimizing said difference determined by said third calculating means on the basis of said eating habit information on foodstuffs often used which has been obtained by said first inputting means, to determine a required ingredient intake for the predetermined period.

A storage medium in which a program executed by a control section is recorded, the control section operating when a menu for a predetermined period is made out for one or more members sitting around a table, to make out the menu with reference to a storage section on the basis of eating habit information obtained from an input section, the storage section having a table that stores dietary requirements for one day and ingredient intake targets for respective foodstuffs classified into food groups, the dietary requirements and ingredient intake targets being based on attributes the members, as well as food nutritive components of each foodstuff or dish, the program allowing a computer to execute:

• a first calculating step of determining, for each of said members, a dietary requirement for said predetermined period and an ingredient intake target for said predetermined period, with reference to said table on the basis of the attributes of each member stored in said storage section;
• a first inputting step of obtaining eating habit information on foodstuffs often used from said input section to store the information in said storage section;
• a second calculating step of subtracting the nutritional intake of a restricted diet contained in said attributes from the dietary requirement for said predetermined period which has been determined at said first calculating step, to determine a nutritional intake to be managed;
• a third calculating step of determining, from the ingredient intake target for said predetermined period which has been determined at said first calculating step, a difference between the nutritional intake calculated with reference to said table and said nutritional intake to be managed which has been determined at said second calculating step;
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• a fourth calculating step of minimizing said difference determined at said third calculating step on the basis of said eating habit information on foodstuffs often used which has been obtained at said first inputting step, to determine a required ingredient intake for the predetermined period.

A program executed by a control section operating when a menu for a predetermined period is made out for one or more members sitting around a table, to make out the menu with reference to a storage section on the basis of eating habit information obtained from an input section, the storage section having a table that stores dietary requirements for one day and ingredient intake targets for respective foodstuffs classified into food groups, the dietary requirements and ingredient intake targets being based on attributes of the members, as well as food nutritive components of each foodstuff or dish, the program allowing a computer to execute:

• a first calculating step of determining, for each of said members, a dietary requirement for said predetermined period and an ingredient intake target for said predetermined period, with reference to said table on the basis of the attributes of each member stored in said storage section;
• a first inputting step of obtaining eating habit information on foodstuffs often used from said input section to store the information in said storage section;
• a second calculating step of subtracting the nutritional intake of a restricted diet contained in said attributes from the dietary requirement for said predetermined period which has been determined at said first calculating step, to determine a nutritional intake to be managed;
• a third calculating step of determining, from the ingredient intake target for said predetermined period which has been determined at said first calculating step, a difference between the nutritional intake calculated with reference to said table and said nutritional intake to be managed which has been determined at said second calculating step;
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• a fourth calculating step of minimizing said difference determined at said third calculating step on the basis of said eating habit information on foodstuffs often used which has been obtained at said first inputting step, to determine a required ingredient intake for the predetermined period.