KR102131952B1 - Method and system for recommending baby food through nutritional analysis - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for recommending infant food through nutritional analysis and a system therefor. Infant food recommendation method according to the present invention comprises the steps of obtaining subject information including body information, medical information, and intake information; Analyzing the subject information and deriving a nutrient deficiency; Deriving a supplemental food material capable of replenishing the nutrient deficiency; and recommending an infant formula including at least a part of the supplemental food ingredient.

Description

Method and system for recommending baby food through nutritional analysis

The present invention relates to a method for recommending infants and toddlers and a system therefor.

Infancy is the period of the highest growth rate among human growth and development stages, and changes in body composition and development are important. Infancy is also the time when the development of digestive function, self-reliance on food behavior, and establishment of dietary habits are established, and the dietary and nutritional management of infants and toddlers is an important basis to lead to healthy adults afterwards, so it is an important time to maintain good nutritional status and to form correct eating habits. to be.

Infants' meals (breast milk, powdered milk, baby food, baby food, etc.) have important implications such as the development of digestive and feeding functions, emotional development, and the establishment of correct eating habits, as well as the nutritional supplements necessary for growth and development.

However, in the case of acquiring information about parents' infant and toddler food, the situation is judged appropriately based on experience-based information, etc., which are described fragmentarily and extensively in child-rearing books.

There are various apps that provide information related to infant food, but information on infant food is limited to the provision of infant food recipes and the record of infant food provided to babies. have.

Korean Patent Publication No. 2012-0109264 (released on October 8, 2012)

An object of the present invention is to provide a method and system for recommending an infant formula suitable for an individual infant or toddler.

The object of the present invention is a method for recommending infant food through nutritional analysis, comprising: obtaining subject information including body information, medical information, and intake information; Analyzing the subject information and deriving a nutrient deficiency; Deriving a supplemental food material capable of replenishing the nutrient deficiency; and it is achieved by including a step of recommending an infant formula comprising at least a part of the supplementary food material.

The step of deriving the nutrient is insufficient; Deriving an intake amount for each nutrient from the intake information; And comparing the intake amount for each nutrient with respect to the recommended amount based on the body information.

The step of deriving the supplementary foods includes: deriving a primary supplementary foodstuff based on the derived nutrients; And filtering the primary supplementary food ingredient based on at least one of the body information, the medical information, and the seasonal information.

A plurality of the deficiency nutrients is derived, a plurality of the supplementary food ingredients are recommended for each of the nutrients lacking, and the supplementary food ingredients may be recommended from at least two food groups.

In the step of recommending the infant formula, a multi-material infant formula comprising two or more of the supplementary food ingredients is recommended, and when the multi-material infant formula is plural, a mixture of vegetable and animal ingredients among the multi-material infant formula is mixed. Infant food is recommended, and if the multi-material infant food is not available, an infant food having a high content of the supplementary food material may be recommended.

The recommended infant formula includes homemade infant formula and commercial infant formula, and the recommendation of the commercial infant formula may consider availability of an order according to a manufacturer's production schedule.

In the comparison of the intake of each nutrient to the recommended amount, the nutrient can be divided into energy nutrients, growth and development nutrients, immune/antioxidant nutrients, and essential amino acid nutrients.

The object of the present invention is an infant formula recommendation system through nutritional information analysis, the acquisition unit for acquiring subject information including body information, medical information, and intake information; A tribal nutrient derivation unit that analyzes the subject information and derives nutrients that are deficient; It is achieved by including a supplementary food material deriving unit for deriving a supplementary food material capable of replenishing the nutrient deficiency; and an infant food recommendation unit for recommending an infant food including at least a part of the supplementary food ingredients.

The deficient nutrient derivation unit may derive an intake amount for each nutrient from the intake information and compare the intake amount for each nutrient with respect to the recommended amount based on the body information.

The supplementary food ingredient derivation unit may derive a primary supplementary food ingredient based on the derived nutrient deficiency, and filter the primary supplementary food ingredient based on at least one of the body information, the medical information, and seasonal information.

According to the present invention, a method and a system for recommending an infant formula suitable for an individual infant and toddler are provided.

1 is a schematic diagram of a system for recommending infants and toddlers according to an embodiment of the present invention,
2 is a flowchart of a method for recommending infants and toddlers according to an embodiment of the present invention,
3 is a diagram illustrating a target information screen in a method for recommending infants and toddlers according to an embodiment of the present invention,
Figure 4 shows in detail the steps of the analysis and derivation of nutrients in the infant formula recommendation method according to an embodiment of the present invention,
Figure 5 illustrates the growth development and weight development analysis screen in the method of recommendation for infants and toddlers according to an embodiment of the present invention,
6 is a detailed diagram showing the steps of deriving the supplementary foods from the infant formula recommendation method according to an embodiment of the present invention,
7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a nutrition analysis result screen in an infant formula recommendation method according to an embodiment of the present invention,
8 is a diagram illustrating another example of a nutrition analysis result screen in a method for recommending infant food according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail so that those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains can easily practice. Embodiments of the present invention may be modified in various other forms, and the scope of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described below.

1 shows a recommendation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The recommendation system 1 includes an acquisition unit 10, an analysis unit 20, a complementary food material derivation unit 30, an infant formula recommendation unit 40, an output unit 50, a database 61, 62, 63 and a purchasing unit (70).

The acquisition unit 10 acquires subject information including body information, medical information, and intake information. Acquisition is performed by inputting the user's information, and the user may be a subject or a guardian of the subject. The analysis unit 20 analyzes subject information and derives nutrients that are insufficient. The supplementary food material deriving unit 30 derives a supplementary food material capable of replenishing the nutrient deficiency. The infant food recommendation unit 40 recommends an infant food including supplementary food ingredients. The output unit 50 informs the user of the recommended infant formula. The output unit 50 may inform the nutrients and/or supplementary ingredients in addition to the infant food, and may also report various analysis results of the analysis unit 20.

The databases 61, 62, and 63 include a first database 61 including information on nutritional components for breast milk, powdered milk, and infant formula, a second database 62 including information on food ingredients for each nutrition, and various infants and toddlers. It includes a third database (63) containing information about the expression.

The purchasing unit 70 allows the user to purchase the infant formula recommended by the user, and provides the recommended infant formula, provides detailed information, and performs payment.

The above-mentioned recommendation system 1 may be performed through a computer, and information input may be performed by inputting information into a predetermined item on the screen through a user's computer or portable device, and the output target is a user's computer or It can be a portable device. The user can perform input through a program such as an application and receive output results. Input and output may be performed through wired/wireless communication means (for example, the Internet). Some of the analysis unit 20, the supplementary food derivation unit 30, the infant food recommendation unit 40, and the databases 61, 62, 63 may be connected to other parts through wired/wireless communication means.

The recommendation system 1 will be described in more detail through the infant and toddler recommendation method below.

A method of recommending infants and toddlers according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 6.

First, subject information including body information, medical information, and intake information is acquired (S10). Subjects are infants and/or infants. Information acquisition is performed by the user's input of information, and the user can be a target person or a guardian of the target person. The user can input target information through the screen shown in FIG. 3.

Body information and medical information are needed to provide an appropriate solution after analyzing nutritional intake of infants and toddlers. Body information may include, but is not limited to, gender, date of birth, length (height) and/or weight. Medical information may include, but is not limited to, allergy information and/or specific disease information.

In addition, for the analysis of nutritional intake, intake information about breastfeeding, formula, and infant food intake is acquired.

Next, the target information is analyzed (S20), and the nutrient deficiency is derived through the target information analysis.

This step will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 4.

First, body information is analyzed (S201).

Infants and toddlers are in a period when body growth occurs very rapidly and body proportions and body composition change significantly. Assessment of developmental status considering these changes is closely related to nutrition. In the present invention, for personalized nutrition analysis, physical information such as height and weight of infants and toddlers is obtained, and medical information is obtained to evaluate the appropriateness of nutrition and health status.

Evaluation of the developmental status of infants and toddlers can be evaluated by applying the standard growth chart percentile curve of children and adolescents as shown in FIG. In addition, it is displayed on the growth chart according to the number of individuals written according to the number of months, and the monthly values are accumulated to evaluate malnutrition, poorness, poor growth, and obesity.

The growth chart is presented (output) divided into girls and boys according to the gender of infants and young children.

In the above body information analysis, medical information can be analyzed together.

Next, intake information analysis (S202) is performed.

Breast milk calculates the total intake by recording the time or amount of breastfeeding. Analyze the nutritional intake through breast milk consumption by using the breast milk nutritional ingredient DB or individual breast milk nutrition ingredient DB. Applying nutritional component data of individual breast milk analyzed through the breast milk analysis service can provide (output) more appropriate nutritional intake analysis results.

For milk powder, select the type of commercial milk powder, input the intake amount to calculate the total intake, and analyze the nutrition intake through milk powder intake using the milk powder DB.

Infant food intake analysis consists of a variety of channels for providing infant food, such as using commercially available infant food or making and feeding homemade infant food, depending on the mother's situation.

When using homemade infant formula, the total intake is calculated by entering the type and amount of each ingredient, and the nutritional intake through infant formula is analyzed using the nutritional ingredient DB.

When using a commercial infant formula, calculate the total intake of nutrients by using a DB or by searching for a commercial infant formula product name and entering the type and amount.

The intake amount can be analyzed by subdividing into nutrients intakes of calorie nutrients such as carbohydrates, proteins, and fats, and vitamins and minerals.

The order of body information analysis and intake analysis described above may be changed.

Thereafter, the intake amount and the recommended amount are compared (S203).

Compare the calculated intake with the recommended amount (recommended/sufficient intake). The comparison can be performed for each nutrient, and the recommended amount may be different for each subject considering body information and medical information.

Nutrient items can be established in a variety of ways/criteria. For example, carbohydrate, protein, fat, calcium, vitamin D, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, folic acid, iron, zinc, retinol, beta-carotene, vitamin A, vitamin E, vitamin C, dietary fiber, leucine, phenylalanine , Lysine, valine, tryptophan, isoleucine, methionine, histidine, threonine, arginine, and the like, but is not limited thereto.

Next, deficient nutrients are derived (S204).

Based on the analysis results, deficiencies/goods/sufficients are determined for each nutrient, and nutrients with a high deficiency rate are selected. The number of nutrients to be derived may be plural, for example, three to five.

Next, supplementary food ingredients are recommended (S300).

The supplementary food recommendation will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 6.

First, a primary supplementary food material to supplement the derived nutrients is derived (S301).

In the DB, 3~5 representative nutritional keywords are set according to ingredients and functions to enable recommendation of nutrient-containing standards according to the results of nutritional analysis for each food ingredient. The primary supplementary ingredients are derived using the derived nutrients and the nutritional keywords of each ingredient.

Thereafter, the primary supplementary food material is filtered (S302).

Primary supplementary ingredients derived based on nutrients undergo additional filtering process using basic physical information such as gender, date of birth, length (height), and weight, and medical information such as allergies for customized recommendation. The specified food ingredients are filtered according to their suitability for the season at the time of analysis. In another embodiment, seasonal filtering may be performed before filtering using body information and medical information.

In another embodiment, the order of filtering, seasonal consideration, and food group consideration using body information and medical information may be changed or variously modified.

Next, a supplementary food material is finally derived in consideration of the food group (S303).

In the DB, each food ingredient is classified into food groups. The food group may consist of grains, papers, beans, meat, vegetables, fruits, seaweeds, fish, nuts, and eggs. To avoid overlapping food groups and to suggest various food groups, supplementary ingredients are derived from multiple food groups. In another embodiment, supplemental food ingredients are finally derived from a plurality of food groups for each nutritional supplement.

Supplementary food ingredients may be provided in plural for each nutrient lacking. For example, the supplementary food material may be 3 to 5 for each nutrient lacking, but is not limited thereto.

Next, infant formula is recommended (S400).

Infant food in the present invention includes not only a meal form such as a baby food or a baby food (including breast milk or powdered milk), but also a form of all foods that can be consumed in an infant or toddler. For example, the infant formula may include snacks (pure, confectionery, beverages, etc.) that infants and toddlers can consume.

In the infant food recommendation, first, an infant food (multi-material infant food) including two or three food ingredients among the derived supplementary food ingredients is recommended.

In this case, make sure that the supplementary ingredients do not overlap each other. For example, if the supplementary ingredients are carrot, broccoli, potato, beef, enoki mushroom, spinach, and peas, the recommended infant formula is beef carrot infant formula, broccoli potato infant formula, and the like.

If there are multiple multi-infant infant formulas, we recommend the infant formula (combined infant formula) that is a mixture of vegetable and animal ingredients. In the case of multiple infant formulas, we recommend an infant formula consisting of supplementary food ingredients (grains, documents, beans, meat, vegetables, fruits, seaweeds, fish, nuts, eggs, etc.) that do not overlap.

However, if there is no multi-material infant formula, an infant formula containing a single supplemental food is recommended. For example, if the complementary ingredients are carrot, spinach, and peas, we recommend the carrot potato infant formula and spinach beef infant formula. At this time, in other infant formulas, infant formulas that can provide nutrients that lack nutrients that are not supplemented are recommended, and infant formulas with higher supplemental food content (g) are recommended first.

The recommended infant formula is not limited to this, but may be 3 to 7. The recommended infant formula may be provided along with additional information such as intake method and intake amount.

The infant formula recommended in the present invention may be a recipe for a homemade infant formula made at home or a commercial infant formula.

In the recommendation of commercial infant food, the criteria for commercial infant infant food input previously set according to the user's preferences (organic (all organic ingredients, some organic ingredients, general), HACCP (with or without manufacturer HACCP certification), price, form (homemade type) (Commercial refrigeration, frozen infant formula, etc.), retort type, lyophilized type, imported sterilized infant formula, etc.), preferred brands (daily, Namyang, Bebecook, Chanjuk, Pulmuone, etc.), ingredients origin (domestic, imported mixed, etc.) Therefore, it is possible to take into account the manufacturer's manufacturing and production schedule.

The user's preference may be input in advance.

When the recommended infant formula is used by the user (purchase record in case of commercial infant formula), it is automatically recorded and used as intake information.

Finally, the user outputs necessary information (S500).

The necessary information to be output includes recommended infant food, and body/medical/intake analysis results, insufficient nutrients and/or supplementary food ingredients may be added.

The body/medical/intake analysis and lack of nutrient analysis are as follows.

Analysis results such as intake information are largely divided by period (today, 1 week, 2 weeks, and 1 month) to show the evaluation results, and the method of displaying the analysis results is 1) nutritional score, 2) graph (recommended intake, compared to sufficient intake) Intake rate), 3) nutrients by deficiency, good, enough check mark.

The period for evaluation by period is based on today, 1 week, 2 weeks, and 1 month, and the'today' standard reflects the results of intake at 12 o'clock at midnight, and the '1 week' standard excludes the day. The average of the results taken for 7 days is reflected, the '2 weeks' criterion reflects the average of the results taken for the past 14 days excluding the day, and the'one month' criterion is the average of the results taken for the past 30 days excluding the day Reflects. If the user's record or the number of months of infants and toddlers does not reflect the period, the result may not be provided.

The nutrition score is based on 100 points, and the score can be calculated by multiplying the average of the intake of nutrients by category. The category is not limited to this, but can be divided into energy, growth and development, immune antioxidant, and essential amino acid.

For example, assuming that the intake ratio to the recommended amount of the'Energy' category is 88%, the intake ratio to the recommended amount of the'Growth Development' category is 71%, and the intake ratio to the recommended amount of the'Immune Antioxidant' category is 84%, ' Multiply and multiply 40% of the energy category, 30% of the'growth development' category, and 30% of the'immune antioxidant' category.

The graph results may indicate the recommended intake amount for each nutrient and the actual intake ratio (%) compared to the sufficient intake amount as shown in FIG. 7.

The graph results are categorized according to the growth characteristics of infants and toddlers, and are largely energy nutrients (calories, carbohydrates, proteins, fats, etc.), growth development (calcium, vitamin D, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, folic acid, etc.), Immune & antioxidant (iron, zinc, retinol, beta-carotene, vitamin A, vitamin E, vitamin C, dietary fiber, etc.), essential amino acids (leucine, phenylalanine, lysine, valine, tryptophan, isoleucine, methionine, histidine, threonine, arginine ). This category can be applied to the detailed result table according to the intake of nutrients.

In the result detail table according to the amount of nutrient intake, as for the determination of intake appropriateness, as shown in FIG. 8, it was evaluated as'lacking' when ingesting less than 70% of the recommended intake,'good' when ingesting 70 to 90%, and'sufficient' when ingesting 90% or more. , The nutrients of the shortage determination can be displayed in red, the nutrients of the'good' determination are yellow, and the nutrients of the'good' determination can be displayed in green.

With the above method and format of providing results, the user can easily understand the nutritional status of the subject.

Although not illustrated, the user may further include a step of selecting/ordering the recommended infant formula.

Claims (10)

delete delete delete delete delete delete delete In the infant formula recommendation system through nutrition information analysis,
An acquisition unit for acquiring subject information including body information, medical information, and intake information;
A tribal nutrient derivation unit that analyzes the subject information and derives nutrients that are deficient;
Complementary food material derivation unit for deriving a supplementary food material that can supplement the nutrients; And
It includes an infant formula recommendation unit for recommending an infant formula comprising at least a part of the supplementary food ingredients,
A plurality of nutrients are derived from the nutrient derivation unit,
In the supplementary food ingredient derivation unit, the supplementary food ingredients are recommended by two or more food groups for each of the deficiencies.
The infant formula recommendation unit,
We recommend a multi-material infant formula that includes two or more of the above supplementary ingredients.
When the multi-material infant formula is plural, it is recommended to mix the infant formula with mixed vegetable and animal ingredients among the multi-material infant formula,
When the mixed infant formula is multiple, it is recommended that the food groups of the supplementary food material do not overlap each other among the mixed infant formula,
In the absence of the multi-material infant formula, the infant formula recommendation system recommends an infant formula having a high content of the supplementary food. The method of claim 8,
The nutrient derivation unit,
Infant formula recommendation system, characterized in that deriving the intake amount for each nutrient from the intake information, and comparing the intake amount for each nutrient with the recommended amount based on the body information. The method of claim 9,
The complementary food material derivation unit,
Based on the derived nutrients derived to derive the primary supplement food,
Infant food recommendation system, characterized in that the filtering of the primary supplementary food material based on at least one of the body information, the medical information, and seasonal information.

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