# US 2014/0207618 A1 · Processes and systems for achieving and assisting in improved nutrition based on food energy data and relative healthfulness data

> Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt

- Number: US 2014/0207618 A1
- Document ID: US20140207618A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/136,157
- Filed: 2013-12-20
- Published: 2014-07-24
- Earliest claimed: 2008-08-29
- Assignees: Weight Watchers International, Inc.
- Applicants: Weight Watchers International, Inc.
- Inventors: Karen Miller-Kovach; Ute Gerwig; Julia Peetz; Christine Jacobsohn; Wanema Frye; Stephanie Lyn Rost; Maria Kinirons; Dawn Halkuff
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140207618A1

## CPC

- G16H 20/60: relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets
- A23L 33/30: {Dietetic or nutritional methods, e.g. for losing weight (A23L33/10 takes precedence)}
- G01N 33/02: Food
- G06Q 30/0601: Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
- G06Q 30/0623: {by investigating goods or services}
- G06Q 30/0635: {replenishment orders; recurring orders}
- G06Q 50/10: Services
- G06Q 99/00: Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
- G09B 5/02: with visual presentation of the material to be studied, e.g. using film strip
- G09B 19/0092: {Nutrition}
- G16Z 99/00: Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass
- A23V 2002/00: Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs
- G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
- A23L: FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PREPARATION OR TREATMENT THEREOF (preservation thereof A23B)
- G01N: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing apparatus or processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q)
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G09B: EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS (devices for psychotechnics or for testing reaction times A61B5/16; games, sports, amusements A63; projectors, projector screens G03B)
- G16Z: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- A23V: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND LACTIC OR PROPIONIC ACID BACTERIA USED IN FOODSTUFFS OR FOOD PREPARATION

## Abstract

Processes are provided for controlling body weight of a consumer, as well as for selecting and purchasing foods, and for producing food products, based on a combination of food energy data and relative healthfulness data for a candidate food. Various ways are provided for obtaining and accessing the food energy data and relative healthfulness data. Related processes and systems are also provided for assisting in the foregoing processes.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A process for controlling body weight of a consumer comprises, for each of a plurality of candidate food servings, supplying at least one of respective food serving identification data and respective food serving nutrient data; obtaining respective food energy data representing an energy content of each of the candidate food servings and respective healthfulness data representing a relative healthfulness of each of the candidate food servings based on its at least one of respective food serving identification data and respective food serving nutrient data; selecting food servings from the plurality of candidate food servings based on its respective healthfulness data and its respective food energy data such that a sum of respective food energy data of the selected food servings bears a predetermined relationship to a predetermined food energy benchmark for the consumer in a given period; and ingesting the selected food servings.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The process of claim 1, wherein the respective healthfulness data for at least one of the candidate food servings is based on (a) a selected respective procedure for processing nutritional data of foods in a respective food group comprising the at least one of the candidate food servings, the respective food group being one of a plurality of food groups of a respective metagroup of a plurality of metagroups, each of the metagroups comprising a plurality of food groups and having a different respective procedure for processing the nutritional data of foods in the food groups within such metagroup, and (b) selected respective comparison data for the corresponding food group, at least some of the food groups in each metagroup having different respective comparison data than the other food groups in such metagroup.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The process of claim 1, wherein the respective healthfulness data representing a relative healthfulness of each of the candidate food servings is based on a linear combination of selected nutrient amounts present therein.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The process of claim 1, wherein the respective food energy data representing an energy content of each of the candidate food servings is based on a human being's metabolic efficiency in utilizing first and second nutrients therein as energy.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The process of claim 1, wherein the respective food energy data representing an energy content of each of the candidate food servings is based on an energy contribution of each of its protein content, its carbohydrate content, its dietary fiber content and its fat content.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The process of claim 1, comprising obtaining meal plan data comprising data identifying candidate food servings to be ingested by the consumer over a given period based on the respective healthfulness data, the respective food energy data and the predetermined food energy benchmark, wherein the candidate food servings are ingested by the consumer in accordance with the meal plan data.

### Claim 7

A process for selecting and purchasing food comprises, using at least one of food identification data and food serving nutrient data of a food offered for sale, obtaining food energy data representing an energy content thereof and relative healthfulness data representing a relative healthfulness thereof; selecting the food offered for sale based on its food energy data and its relative healthfulness data; and purchasing the selected food offered for sale.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The process of claim 7, wherein the relative healthfulness data of the food offered for sale is based on (a) a selected respective procedure for processing nutritional data of foods in a respective food group comprising the food offered for sale, the respective food group being one of a plurality of food groups of a respective metagroup of a plurality of metagroups, each of the metagroups comprising a plurality of food groups and having a different respective procedure for processing the nutritional data of foods in the food groups within such metagroup, and (b) selected respective comparison data for the corresponding food group, at least some of the food groups in each metagroup having different respective comparison data than the other food groups in such metagroup.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The process of claim 7, wherein the relative healthfulness data of the food offered for sale is based on a linear combination of selected nutrient amounts present therein.

### Claim 10 (depends on 7)

The process of claim 7, wherein the food energy data representing an energy content of the food offered for sale is based on a human being's metabolic efficiency in utilizing first and second nutrients therein as energy.

### Claim 11 (depends on 7)

The process of claim 7, wherein the food energy data representing an energy content of the food offered for sale is based on an energy contribution of each of its protein content, its carbohydrate content, its dietary fiber content and its fat content.

### Claim 12

A process for providing data to a consumer to assist in a process for controlling the consumer's weight, comprising, receiving in a data processing system data provided by a consumer for a food serving selected by the consumer including at least one of food serving identification data and food serving nutrient data; using a processor of the data processing system, obtaining food energy data and food healthfulness data based on the at least one of food serving identification data and food serving nutrient data; and at least one of (a) communicating the food energy data and the food healthfulness data to a device for presentation to the consumer, and (b) presenting the food energy data and the food healthfulness data to the consumer via a presentation device of the data processing system.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The process of claim 12, wherein the food healthfulness data is based on (a) a selected respective procedure for processing nutritional data of foods in a respective food group comprising the food serving, the respective food group being one of a plurality of food groups of a respective metagroup of a plurality of metagroups, each of the metagroups comprising a plurality of food groups and having a different respective procedure for processing the nutritional data of foods in the food groups within such metagroup, and (b) selected respective comparison data for the corresponding food group, at least some of the food groups in each metagroup having different respective comparison data than other food groups in such metagroup.

### Claim 14 (depends on 12)

The process of claim 12, wherein the food healthfulness data is based on a linear combination of selected nutrient amounts present in the food serving.

### Claim 15 (depends on 12)

The process of claim 12, wherein the respective food energy data is based on a human being's metabolic efficiency in utilizing first and second nutrients in the food serving as energy.

### Claim 16 (depends on 12)

The process of claim 12, wherein the respective food energy data of the food serving is based on an energy contribution of each of its protein content, its carbohydrate content, its dietary fiber content and its fat content.

### Claim 17 (depends on 12)

The process of claim 12, comprising receiving request data in the data processing system comprising food identification data for the food serving, using the food identification data to access data representing plurality of nutrients of the food serving and processing the received data using the processor to produce at least one of the food energy data and the food healthfulness data for the food serving.

### Claim 18 (depends on 12)

The process of claim 12, comprising receiving request data in the data processing system comprising food identification data for the food serving, and using the food identification data to access at least one of the food healthfulness data and the food energy data for the food serving.

### Claim 19

A system for providing data to a consumer to assist in a process for controlling the consumer's weight, comprising, an input operative to receive data provided by a consumer for a food serving selected by the consumer including at least one of food serving identification data and food serving nutrient data; a processor coupled with the input to receive the data provided by the consumer and configured to obtain food energy data and food healthfulness data based on the at least one of food serving identification data and food serving nutrient data; and at least one of (a) communications coupled with the processor to receive the food energy data and the food healthfulness data therefrom and to communicate the food energy data and the food healthfulness data to a device for presentation to the consumer, and (b) a presentation device coupled with the processor to receive the food energy data and the food healthfulness data and operative to present the food energy data and the food healthfulness data to the consumer.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

The system of claim 19, wherein the processor is configured to obtain the food healthfulness data based on (a) a selected respective procedure for processing nutritional data of foods in a respective food group comprising the food serving, the respective food group being one of a plurality of food groups of a respective metagroup of a plurality of metagroups, each of the metagroups comprising a plurality of food groups and having a different respective procedure for processing the nutritional data of foods in the food groups within such metagroup, and (b) selected respective comparison data for the corresponding food group, at least some of the food groups in each metagroup having different respective comparison data than the other food groups in such metagroup.