JPS6290747A - Nutrition intake amount arithmetic processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate a trouble of inputting data by storing a block of a prescribed data which is totalized and stored as a menu data to reutilize as a data in the process of totalling and storing the menu data. CONSTITUTION:The basic system consists of a memory 1, a display device 2 as an output device, an input device 3, and an arithmetic circuit 4 of such as a CPU. Said system starts an arithmetic operation systematically by executing a program. After initialization, the system turns to be in an input-receiving state, and the instructed quantity input mode to write a instructed state, and the instructed quantity input mode to write a instructed quantity in the memory 1 is set. Further, the circuit 4 reads out the total unit already stored in the memory 1, and the display device 2 display the total unit read out. The circuit 4, also, compares the total unit in the data stored in the memory 1 beforehand for the purpose of instruct quantity automatic distribution, with that read out or modified by manual input, discriminates the total unit of the instructed quantity automatic distribution corresponding to the former total unit above mentioned. The circuit 4 further selects automatically the data of food-exchange table corresponding to the discriminated total unit, and stores it in the specific area of the memory 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field] The present invention relates to a nutrient intake calculation processing method for calculating and analyzing nutrient intake.

[Background technology] First, if we consider nutrition, even normal healthy people need to take in a balanced and appropriate amount of nutrition. Knowing this is the joy of eating! ! It is essential for management.

Furthermore, in the case of some diseases, proper W supplementation is more important than drug treatment, and this dietary management is called dietary therapy.

For example, in the case of diabetes treatment, the basic drug treatment is insulin injection or oral diabetic medication. However, especially in middle-aged and older patients with mild symptoms and patients with glucose metabolism disorders, dietary therapy alone is sufficient to achieve the therapeutic goal. Dietary therapy is always performed even if prescribed by a doctor. And this diet must be long-lasting. In addition, diseases for which dietary therapy is used include heart failure, hypertension, renal disease, obesity, etc., and the importance of dietary therapy is increasing these days.

For this reason, food exchange tables are created in each country and daily menus are prepared based on these tables. Understand the contents of the food exchange table and food composition table, and understand the daily energy requirements, which vary greatly depending on age, gender, and labor intensity.
It is not easy to find a meal that can be ingested while balancing the composition of each food such as protein, fat, and carbohydrate by combining more than one type, and is an extremely difficult task.

Currently, diabetic patients or their families are hospitalized or hospitalized under the supervision of a doctor or nutritionist for at least one day to one month to receive experimental dietary therapy and to understand the contents of a food exchange chart. When doctors and nutritionists provide dietary guidance to diabetic or obese patients, they take into consideration age, gender, and labor intensity, and recommend food intake for a certain number of days to ensure a balanced intake of each component of the food according to the classification of food exchange tables. The following are determined and instructed to patients as shown in Tables 1 and 2. In response, the patient should measure the amount of food with a measuring cup and measuring spoon, change the amount,
They converted the weight using a table, calculated the total using a commercially available household scale, and used an electronic desktop calculator to perform unit conversion and energy calculation, and kept records as shown in Tables 3 and 4. However, in the above method, 1 unit of food (80kc)
al) It is difficult to remember the weight per serving, and the resolution of conventional household scales is 5g or 10g, so I fully understand the necessity of dietary therapy and the contents of food exchange tables and food composition tables. Even for those who eat food, it is a complicated process to apply it to each meal, so it is easy to neglect the amount of energy (units) intake, or it can lead to imbalanced food intake due to excessive food intake or an imbalance in each component. Table 1 Table 2 Table 3 Table 4 The "unit" shown in Table 1 and tI & 3.4 table indicates 80 kcal per unit, and "Table 1" to "Table 6" and "Appendix" indicate diabetes treatment. It shows the classification according to the food exchange table (editor: Japan Diabetes Society, publisher: Japan Diabetes Association), with ``Table 1'' for grains, ``Table 2'' for fruits, and ``Table 2'' for fruits.
"Table 3" shows foods that mainly supply protein, "Table 4" shows milks and dairy products, [Table 5J] shows foods that mainly supply fat, "Table 6" shows foods that mainly supply vitamins and minerals, ``Appendix'' shows other foods such as sugar, seasonings, and luxury items.

By the way, in order to easily perform the above-mentioned conversions, etc., we have a dedicated conversion function that allows you to display energy intake in units by simply inputting data using keys such as a numeric keypad, or energy intake of food consumed;
And Sakae 1 to display the intake of composition, etc.! An intake meter is provided.

This total nutritional intake can be calculated based on data, for example, if you know the code number assigned to each food and the actual intake of the food, enter the weight value using the dedicated numeric keypad. A built-in arithmetic circuit calculates energy (calorie) intake and compositional intake (protein, fat, carbohydrates).

In this way, the nutritional intake 1 total stores the calculation results of the nutritional value of the food consumed in a day in the memory 1, and the memory 1 that stores the intake amount of food composition stores the total intake amount. Therefore, when the calculation of the daily nutritional intake was completed, the memory 1 had to be cleared once and the nutritional value of the food intake for the next day had to be calculated.

However, some food menus that we consume on a daily basis have the same contents, especially in breakfast. In such a case, it is necessary to repeat the same operation, which causes inconvenience in use.

[Object of the Invention] The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to provide nutritional intake that can save the user the trouble of calculating the nutritional value of the same menu. The purpose is to provide a quantity calculation processing method.

[Disclosure of the Invention 1] The present invention comprises a process of calculating energy intake and food composition intake from actual intake data for each food category, and calculating the energy intake calculated in this process for each food category. In addition to tallying and memorizing each category, energy and 1 food! In the nutritional intake calculation processing method, which consists of the process of aggregating and storing the total intake of IL components, the total intake is recorded! By storing the block of predetermined data as one piece of menu data and reusing the menu data as data in the above-mentioned aggregation and storage process, by reusing the menu data,
This saves you the trouble of entering new data.

The present invention will be explained below with reference to Examples.

(Embodiment) Fig. 1 shows the circuit structure of a basic system using an embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 2 shows a basic 70-chart of the embodiment. A basic system consisting of a display 2, an input device 3, and a processor 4 such as a CPU is provided with a program based on the 70-chart in advance, and the arithmetic processing operation of the system is started by executing the program.

First, in the example, there are two modes: food exchange table mode for diabetes treatment, and nutritional value mode for exposure analysis of the component values of each nutrient including energy, protein, fat, carbohydrates, salt, and potassium. Set to exchange table mode. .

When started, the system enters the input acceptance state after initial settings. In this input acceptance state, the allowable intake (calories expressed in units: 1 unit, 8
An instruction amount input mode is set in which an instruction amount of 0kcal) is written to the memory 1. When this mode is set, the arithmetic circuit 4 first reads out the already stored total unit from the memory 1, and stores the read total unit. is displayed on the display 2 as shown in chart 70 in Figure 3, and in this display process, if the numerical value of the total unit and the numerical value of the total unit of the indicated quantity do not match, the indicated quantity is changed to the total unit. Numerical changes can be accepted, and this changed data is entered using an input device 3 provided in the system.

Now, when it is instructed that the input processing is completed in this process, the arithmetic circuit 4 uses the 70-chart in the rpJ4 diagram to calculate the total unit in the data stored in the memory 1 in advance for automatically distributing the instructed amount, and Compare the read or input changed total unit, determine the total unit of automatic distribution of the instructed amount corresponding to the total unit, and select "Table 1j to Table 6" of the food exchange table corresponding to the determined total unit. Automatically select the data in the “Appendix” and record it in the specified area of the specified memory 1! 6 In other words, in this process, all you have to do is input the total unit instruction amount data, and the food exchange table "Table 1" to "Table 6" and "
Appropriate values corresponding to the indicated amounts in "Appendix" are automatically calculated. In other words, even if the user forgets the amount indicated in each table, he or she can properly manage his/her diet.

Figure 5 shows the processing routine when manually setting each of the above instruction amounts, where the variable DI is a variable corresponding to the display content, 0 indicates "total", and 1 to 7 below are "table". 1
” to “Appendix”. Now, when confirming the stored data, the following operations are performed. For example, when modifying data in "Table 1" or confirming input numerical values, when the display 2 is set to send the display and a key of the input device 3 is pressed, the memory 1 that stores the instruction amount is Read the data in "Table 1",
The numerical value of the data is displayed on the display 2.

If the displayed numerical value does not match the numerical value of the instruction amount corresponding to "Table 1" instructed by a doctor or the like, the user uses the input device 3 to make a manual correction. In other words, when the input device 3 inputs a numerical value corresponding to the instruction amount, and an instruction to end the input is given, the arithmetic circuit 4 stores the newly corrected value in the storage area of the instruction amount map 1 corresponding to "Table 1". Set. In this way, input the data one by one, and the final
When the input correction of the data for "Appendix" is completed and there is an input indicating the end from the input device 3, the arithmetic circuit 4 causes the display 2 to display the currently stored total unit. When the setting and correction of the instructed amount is completed in the food exchange table mode and an input indicating the end is received from the input device 3, the arithmetic circuit 4 switches the mode from the instructed amount input mode to the food data input mode. In addition, when manually correcting the indicated amount,
An incorrect input of a numerical value has occurred, and the numerical value of the total unit and each "table", "
If the sum of the numerical values of the units in the "Appendix" does not match, a message indicating an input error is displayed on the display 2, and the user is prompted to set the instruction amount again. Also energy (kcal)
When inputting the specified amounts of protein, fat, carbohydrate, salt, and potassium, the input device 3 must be used to change the mode to nutritional value mode.

This switching to the nutritional value mode is also effective when inputting the instruction amount or from within the mode.

Now, when the nutritional value mode is set, the arithmetic processing operation moves to the 70-chart in FIG. Display on display 2. At this time, if the displayed energy value and the energy value of the instruction amount do not match, the user performs manual correction in the same manner as the above-mentioned correction of the instruction amount. In this way, it is possible to input and correct the following instructions for protein, fat, carbohydrate, salt, and potassium. In this case, input correction can be performed in the above-mentioned order by sequentially pressing the keys of the input device 3.

Next, in nutritional value mode, set and modify the indicated amount,
When there is a command input from the input device 3 indicating the end, the mode switches to the food data input mode, and when the food data input mode is entered, the arithmetic circuit 4 stores the sequentially input data in the memory 1 for each table of classification. Also, it is stored for each composition.

Next, the reference amount setting will be explained.

This guideline amount setting can be performed regardless of nutritional value mode or food exchange chart mode. In other words, as shown in chart 70 in FIG. 7, when the input device 3 of the system receives an input from a key specified in correspondence with the reference amount setting, the arithmetic circuit 4 stores it in the memory 1 in correspondence with the reference amount setting. The food code number and guideline amount data of the food are read out and displayed on the display 2, and during this display process, the guideline amount data is input from the human-powered device 3 to read the guideline amount of the food code number. Changes can be corrected. In other words, when the user determines that the guideline amount displayed on the display 2 does not match the guideline dose that is used on a daily basis, the guideline amount data stored in the memory 1 can be corrected.

Then, if you want to change the guideline amount stored in memory 1, press the key on input device 3 that is set as the key to send the display 2 display, and select the food number and guideline for the food to be changed. It is best to display the amount on the display 2 and make changes and corrections in the same way as described above.When the change and correction of the guideline amount and registration are completed in this way and there is an input indicating completion from the input device 3, the food data input mode will be changed. Switch to .

Now, when switching to food data input mode, jump to the processing routine shown in FIG. In this processing routine, the user finds out the code number of the food to be ingested from the code table, and enters this code number into the input device ff3.
Enter more information. The number in the 100's of this code number corresponds to the number of classification tables, and the input food code number is displayed on the display 2. When the user who has confirmed the code number by this display presses a key on the input device 3 set as a key indicating confirmation, the arithmetic circuit 4 reads out the composition data of the food corresponding to the code number from the memory 1. After this reading is completed, the display 2 indicates that the food code number input mode has ended and the mode has changed to the quantity input mode. In the portion manual mode, the user uses the input device 3 to input data on the actual amount of food ingested or to be ingested using one of the following three input methods.

In other words, if the actual amount of food consumed is known, enter its weight value, or if the actual amount of food consumed is unknown and input using a scale, enter the actual data measured by the scale, or If you don't know the actual intake amount, but know the approximate amount for one cup, one bowl, one serving, etc., you can choose to input the estimated amount.

First, to explain the case of inputting the actual intake amount, the key on the input device 3 that is set as the key to indicate numerical input using this method is pressed, and then the weight value of the ingested food is input using the input device 3. The entered numerical value is displayed on the display 2, and when the user who has confirmed the numerical value presses a key on the input device 3 that has been set in accordance with the confirmation, inputting the quantity is completed.

Next, if the actual intake amount is not known but the estimated amount is known, the user first presses the key on the input device 3 that is set as the key to indicate that the estimated amount is being input! 3, the calculation circuit 4 determines from the food number whether it is expressed as one cup, one bowl, one serving, etc., calculates the weight value (per unit of guideline amount) according to the guideline amount, and then calculates the weight value (per unit of guideline amount). is multiplied by the numerical value input from the input device 3, and the result is taken as the intake amount. For example, if there are two bowls of "rice," the standard intake amount is calculated by multiplying the weight per bowl stored in the memory 1 by the number of bowls. Now, when the actual intake amount 1 of the food ingested or to be ingested is input by any of the input methods described above, the read composition data described above is multiplied by the input actual intake amount, In addition to calculating energy intake and compositional intake (protein, fat, carbohydrates, salt, and potassium), it also calculates the unit of intake for each classification in the table that supports food exchange table mode, and displays the calculation results. Display it on display 2. At this time, if the food exchange table mode is selected, the display 2 displays the table classification of the food exchange table and also displays the number of units. Now, when displaying this calculation result, if the input food code number and intake weight value are kept displayed, the user can check which food the number currently displayed is for, and the intake weight value. This has the advantage that it is possible to check how many grams are in the sample, and the comparison of the output results becomes clear. Now, when the calculation results are displayed, the user is prompted to select whether the calculation results are to be added and stored as a classification total, whether to be stored as a subtraction, or not to be stored. These selections are made by pressing one of the correspondingly set keys on the input device 3.

In other words, if it is an additive memory, the number of units corresponding to the calculated intake amount of energy, protein, fat, carbohydrate, salt, and potassium 11 and the classification of the exchange table is added to the number of units data already stored in memory 1. The total energy and the number of units are stored in each area, and added to the data.

Further, in the case of subtractive storage, contrary to the above-mentioned addition storage, subtractive storage is performed, and when neither addition nor subtraction is performed, total storage is not performed.

After this tally and memorization process, the state returns to the initial food code number manual state. By returning to this state, data input and nutritional value calculation processing can be continued. Now, when the above-mentioned addition memory or subtraction memory is specified, if the indicated intake amount for each table, appendix, or composition exceeds the cumulative intake amount, the intake amount will be displayed on the display 2. It notifies the user that the limit has been exceeded. Further, the above-mentioned classified and totaled data can be deleted by pressing a key on the input device 3 set corresponding to the deletion, and it is preferable to delete the data at appropriate intervals such as one meal or one day.

When the food exchange table mode is set, the calculation circuit 4
First, read the data of the instructed amount corresponding to the number of units of "total" from memory 1, and at the same time read the data of the actual intake corresponding to "total" from memory 1, and calculate the 100% ratio of the actual intake to the instructed amount. Based on this calculated data, the display 2 displays numbers and analogs indicating 100 percent.

Note that in the nutritional value mode rather than the food exchange table mode, "energy" data is used instead of the "total" number of units.

If you want to compare the intake amount up to now with the instructed amount after inputting the actual intake amount or guideline amount of the food to be ingested or to be ingested in this way, it corresponds to the judgment set with the input device 3. When the key is pressed, that is, Fig. 9 (a)
Control moves to the determination processing routine (b). First, when the above key is pressed, the energy intake of the food corresponding to each classification table, the total energy intake, protein, fat, carbohydrate, etc.
The arithmetic circuit 4 compares the intake amounts of salt and potassium with the respective instruction amounts in order, and when the key of the input device 3 corresponding to the display advance is pressed, the calculation results are sequentially displayed on the display 2. Based on the calculation result, this display adds a sign of "+" or "-" to the instruction amount so that it can be identified whether it is minus or plus.

Further, in the zero state where the data of the instruction amount is not stored in the memory 1 in advance, the result of the comparison operation is displayed without the sign "10" or "-". This means that when the user forgets that the indicated amount is zero, etc., the display of "+ΔΔ"
This is to avoid the misunderstanding that `` is a value that exceeds the indicated amount.Of course, in this case, the display should be in the food exchange table mode ``Total'', ``Table 1'' to ``Table 6'' and ``Appendix''. When in nutritional value mode, it displays energy, protein, fat, carbohydrates, salt, and potassium.

Next, the calculation processing operation for determination will be further explained based on an embodiment.

Table 5 summarizes the data of the actual food intake in a day. When you input the data in this table, you can calculate the energy intake, total energy intake and each composition corresponding to each classification table in the classification aggregation memory. 7th as a pre-instruction amount
Assuming that the table data is to be stored in the memory 1, and the key set corresponding to the judgment of the input VC position 3 is pressed first, the arithmetic circuit 4 calculates the "total" of the indicated amount in the food exchange table mode.
Data "15" for "total" is read from the memory 1, and at the same time data "15.2" for the "total" of the classification aggregation is read from the memory 1 for comparison calculation. This comparison operation is 1
5.2-15=+0.2. This calculation result and the instruction amount data are displayed on the display 2.
+0.2″,”15. O'' is displayed alternately for a predetermined period of time, for example, every 2 seconds, and the actual fff yield is +0.2 relative to the indicated amount.
At the same time as indicating that the unit minute m has elapsed, the indicated amount value is 15
．． This indicates that it is 0 units. At this time, a display indicating to the user that the display contents are "total" and "unit" numbers is also displayed at the same time.

Furthermore, when the key of the input device 3 set for display advance is pressed, the arithmetic circuit 4 reads data "5" corresponding to "Table 1" of the instruction amount from the memory 1, and at the same time, it is classified and totaled and stored in the memory 1. The stored data of “Table 1” is “7.0”
" is read out, and the calculation is performed in the form of 7.0-5°0=+2.0, and the calculation result and the instruction amount data are combined as "+2.0.
0" and "5.0" are displayed alternately on the display 2 for a predetermined period of time, for example every 2 seconds, and at the same time "Table 1" and a "unit" number are also displayed. In this way,
After comparing the items from ``Total'' to ``Appendix'', if the user presses a key for advancing the display on the input device 3, a comparison and judgment regarding ``Total'' is performed.

In the nutritional value mode, when a key related to determination on the input device 3 is pressed, the arithmetic circuit 4 compares the total energy intake with the designated amount of energy. In other words, data ``1200'' for the specified amount of ``energy'' is read from memory 1, and at the same time, data ``1216'' for ``energy'' that has been classified and aggregated and stored in memory 1 is read out, and the calculation 1216-1200=+16 is performed. conduct,
The calculation result and the instructed amount data are displayed alternately at predetermined intervals (for example, 2 seconds) on the display 2, and at the same time, [Energy] and "kcalJ" are displayed, indicating that the intake amount exceeds +16 kcal. At the same time, it shows that the indicated amount value is 1200 kcal.Furthermore, when the key on the input device 3 for display advance is pressed, the calculation circuit 4 calculates protein, carbohydrates, salt,
Potassium can be compared in order and the results of the comparison calculations can be displayed on the display 2. In this case, the display 2 shows the comparison amount and the instruction amount, and also shows the rg
It simultaneously displays that the number is J or "ll1g" and what the display component is. Then, when the key of the input device 3 for advancing the display is pressed during the final comparison and display of "potassium", the display returns to the initial state. still,·
DI in FIGS. 9(a) and 9(b) is a variable.

By the way, the input device 3 is provided with a key set corresponding to the intake total, and when this key is pressed, the comparison mode is entered, and the arithmetic circuit 4 stores the intake amount corresponding to each table in the memory 1 in advance. Calculate the deviation from the data for each table,
If the deviation (intake amount - instructed amount) is positive, the result and the total intake amount are displayed on the display 2.

Needless to say, these operations are similar in the nutritional mode.

Furthermore, if you press the key on the input device 3 to advance the display,
The display changes from "Table 1" to "Table 6" and "Appendix" each time. Of course, the first key you press is input device 3 for the intake total.
Needless to say, this is the key.

FIGS. 10(a) and 10(b) show a processing routine based on key presses of the input device 3 related to this intake total, where DI is a variable. It goes without saying that the food composition for calculating the intake amount may include compositions of vitamins, calcium, iron, etc. in addition to the three major nutrients.

Next, a calculation process for calculating the intake amount of salt will be explained.

First, a key corresponding to the amount of salt intake is set on the input device 3, and this key is valid in the diet mode and the nutritional value mode.When this key is pressed, the calculation circuit 4
Immediately shifts the control to the salt amount display mode, reads out the data of the total salt amount stored in the memory 1 by totaling it up, displays the read total salt amount on the display 2, and displays "salt". and "g" number are displayed at the same time. When the key related to table salt is pressed again, the sodium display mode is entered, and the arithmetic circuit 4 calculates the amount of sodium from the salt amount data that has been classified and aggregated and stored in the memory 1, and displays the sodium amount on the display 2. . In other words, the amount of salt is the amount of salt = amount of sodium x 2.
Since it is determined from 54/1000, the amount of sodium =
Salt jl X 1000/2,54, and this arithmetic processing is performed. In this sodium display mode, both "sodium" and "fmgJ" are displayed. In addition, the amount of sodium is expressed in body fluids instead of ■.
It may be eq. Furthermore, when the key for table salt is pressed, the screen exits the table salt and sodium display mode and returns to the original display mode. Figure 11 shows the display processing routine for displaying the amount of salt and sodium.
It's double. Further, in the same figure, SK indicates 7 lags of keystrokes that depend on salt.

Menu processing, which is a feature of the method of the present invention, will now be explained. In other words, among the meals of the day, breakfast often consists of dishes with the same content. Also, each process has its own unique dishes for lunch and dinner, and we eat them several times a month. Input the nutritional value of frequently used breakfast patterns and dishes using the steps described above. That is, at this stage, the arithmetic circuit 4 classifies and totals the breakfast pattern and components such as energy and protein contained in the food and stores them in the memory 1. Then, the key for the menu set on the human-powered device i3 is input, and the human-powered input device inputs the key, inputs a numerical value specifying one memory area, and commands to transfer the above-mentioned data that has been classified and aggregated. 3, the arithmetic circuit 4 transfers the M aggregated data to the specified memory 1 area of the memory 1 area specially allocated for menu processing according to the chart 70 in FIG. This transferred data is read out from the specified memory 1 area by inputting the menu key of the input device 3, inputting a numerical value specifying the memory 1 area, and inputting a command indicating the end of input. This data can be used to calculate intake and nutritional value.

In other words, by storing data on frequently eaten dishes and breakfasts whose menu contents do not change much in advance in the memory 1 area of the menu storage, users can use the food code number when eating the same breakfast or dishes. You can easily calculate the intake amount using the above operations without having to input the weight value again.
Able to calculate nutritional value.

[Effects of the Invention] The present invention involves a process of determining energy intake and food composition intake from actual intake data for each food category, and calculating the energy intake calculated in this process for each food category. In the nutritional intake calculation processing method, which consists of the process of tallying and storing the total intake of energy and food composition for each category, the block of predetermined data that has been tallied and stored is stored as one menu data. Since the menu data is reused as data in the above-mentioned aggregation and storage process,
By storing data on frequently eaten dishes and breakfast data, which often have the same menu content, as menu data and reusing it, data input can be omitted when calculating intake and calculating nutritional value. It has the effect of being able to.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram of a basic system using an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 2 to 12 are flowcharts for explaining the same. Agent Patent Attorney Ishi 1) Chief 7 Figure 1 Figure 11 Figure 12

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A process of calculating energy intake and food composition intake from actual intake data for each food classification, and aggregating and storing the energy intake calculated in this process for each food classification. At the same time, in the nutrient intake calculation processing method, which includes the process of aggregating and storing the total intake of energy and food composition, a predetermined block of aggregated and memorized data is stored as one menu data, and the menu data is used as described above. A nutritional intake calculation processing method characterized by reuse as data in the process of aggregating and storing.