The purpose of this study is to computerize all the necessary information on the daily food value and nutritional status for individuals and groups.
In this research, a FOCUS-16/XT (16 bit personal computer ) compatible with IBM-PC/XT was used, and the database files and programs were created by using the dBASEIII package. The food life evaluation system consists of 3 subsystems of Reference, Nutrition Status Assessment and Food Source.
The findings are summerized as follows :
1. Reference : This subsystem enables users to proceed to the next step, if necessary, by describing each subsystem.
2. Nutrition Status Assessment.
1) Food Habit Assessment: This subsystem determines whether the user has a
good food habit or not, based on the answers for ten questions about daily food life.
2) Obesity Assessment : This subsystem calculates Broca index, which is used as
a indicator of obesity.
3) Nutrient Intakes : When personal data such as age, sex, weight, height and ´food consumptions are input, it is possible to calculate the followings.
i) Comparison between the amounts intaked and the recommended dietary daily allowances of various nutrients
ii) Nutrient intakes from each food group and their composition rates for the nutrients ,
iii) Nutrient intakes per unit body surface area
iv)Composition of lipid intake
3. Food Sources : The appropriate food sources for the lacking nutrients will be recommended to the subjects.
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