RU2154976C1 - Method and device for following human organism energy supply in independent manner - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: method involves entering data into portable programming device for checking human organism energy state balance. The data describe physiological state of a particular user. The user enters data in on-line mode concerning consumed energy sources and energy losses. Output data describe current state of energy supply to organism as proposals for optimizing the state of energy supply to organism. The data are output as a series of emotionally expressive visual images describing dynamic changes of the value for a given time period. The device has information carrier storing information concerning influence of physiological state of a user, quality and quantity of consumed energy sources and lost energy upon the state of energy supply to organism. The device has data processing calculating unit for evaluating the current level of energy supply to organism, demonstration unit for making output of any required data and visual images representing energy supply index, dynamics of its changes during required time interval, control unit controlling operation of all units and the device as a whole, casing having control keys and display screen. EFFECT: enhanced effectiveness in monitoring energy supply to human organism; graphic presentation of results. 2 cl

Description

 The invention relates to the field of health and medicine and relates to methods and means of monitoring the current state of the energy supply of the human body.

 One of the basic principles of the normal functioning of a living organism is to balance the consumption of energy sources in the form of food substrates with actual energy costs that cover the needs of the body.

 At the same time, both chronic malnutrition and chronic overeating can cause disturbances in the normal metabolism and adversely affect the state of health.

 For this reason, health theory and practice pay considerable attention to promoting a healthy lifestyle, including a rational diet, both in terms of prevention and treatment of diseases.

 For the practical implementation of these ideas, numerous recommendations have been prepared on the proper diet and occupational health, and appropriate control methods have been developed that allow, to one degree or another, to evaluate the energy supply of the body.

 For the treatment of obesity, it is recommended, in particular, a diet of a certain energy value in combination with dosed physical activity [USSR Patent 1583091, A 61 B 5/00, 1990].

 In order to determine the optimal weight of an athlete, his weight is artificially reduced daily by 0.5 kg, his working capacity is measured and the weight at which maximum working capacity is achieved is considered optimal [USSR Patent 1836916, A 61 B 5/00, 1993].

 There is a method of determining the effect of food on the energy supply of the human body, which consists in the fact that the patient receives a normalized portion of food, performs a metered exercise, before and after eating, samples of exhaled air are taken from him, the oxygen and carbon dioxide content are determined in them, and the value is calculated energy costs spent on physical work performed [USSR Patent 1291121, A 61 B 5/00, 1987].

 A method of selecting food products for individual nutrition is described, which consists in the fact that, against the background of a uniform diet, the effect of individual foods on the severity of the activation reaction after stress exposure is studied and those products are selected whose response signs to a greater extent correspond to the characteristics characterizing the activation reaction [RF patent 2007959, A 61 B 10/00, 1994].

 A device is patented that allows you to determine the optimal ratio between the functional state of the body and the amount of physical activity in the course of work, which contains a sensor, a primary information processing unit, auxiliary units, an optimal model for developing an individual model of physiological parameters and load [USSR Patent 1505500, A 61 B 5/00, 1989].

 All of the above developments directly or indirectly affect the particular aspects of the problem of the state of energy supply of the human body, but do not allow to evaluate the true state of this indicator at the moment.

 Formally, the closest to the proposed method and device can be considered the corresponding method and device described in RF Patent 2664778, A 61 B 10/00, 1996.

 This patent refers to a device for the independent determination of a person's daily needs for energy and nutrients.

 The device is made in the form of several coaxially arranged movable disks, equipped with fixed limbs and fastening elements. On the front side of the disc there are scales of daily requirements for energy, protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins B and C, and scales for indicators of body weight, age, labor groups and gender. By combining these discs in a specific way, you can get information about the daily energy requirement for a person’s food products of a certain gender and age, a certain profession, and having a certain body weight.

 Based on the description of the device, we can conclude that it implements a method for determining the daily needs of a person in energy and nutrients, taking into account the energy needs of the body, depending on the physiological state of the person and the intensity of his labor.

 This device allows anyone to easily and quickly determine their individual daily energy requirement for nutrient substrates, which is much more convenient than calculating this value using directories, tables or other sources of relevant information.

 However, the patented device only allows you to determine the required level of energy supply for an organism of a certain average group of people, but it cannot evaluate the actual energy supply for an organism of a particular person at any given time.

The main objectives of the present invention were
- development of a method for operational monitoring of the current state of the energy supply of the human body at any given time;
- the possibility of independent individual control by each person of the state of energy security of his body;
- giving the way to control the state of the body’s energy supply the elements of the game in order to make it more attractive, distract unhealthy people from thoughts about illnesses and orient them towards the speedy achievement of the result;
- the creation of a portable device that is convenient for continuous use and use, which implements the developed method for the operational monitoring of the energy supply of the body.

 According to the scientific, technical and patent information available to the applicant, a similar task has not been posed or solved before, although the real need for such a technical solution objectively exists.

 In particular, people with diabetes need operational control of the energy supply of the body; some athletes; overweight or malnourished patients; finally, healthy people who care about their health.

 The tasks were solved due to the fact that in the process of self-monitoring the state of energy supply of the body, the user initially fills out a user questionnaire displayed on the screen of a portable computing device containing information characterizing the state of his physical and mental health; after each meal and after each stage of the work done, the user enters information about the consumed food products and the amount of work done, and upon request receives information about the current state of the body’s energy supply at the moment or in the form of recommendations for optimizing the state of the body’s energy supply.

 To implement this method, a device is used, characterized in that it is portable and programmable, the information unit additionally includes information on energy costs for the normal functioning of the body, the computing unit receiving information from it is configured to evaluate the current energy level of a specific organism in units energy and determining trends in energy security indicators over a period time when comparing with the recommended individual level, as well as a demonstration unit, configured to provide information in the form of visual images that reflect the indicator of the energy supply of a particular organism and its dynamics over a period of time, including a demonstration screen, and a control unit associated with the keyboard, located on the device.

 The essence of the applicant's proposal is as follows.

 The way to independently monitor the state of the energy supply of the human body basically consists in the fact that the user promptly enters information about the consumed energy sources and energy costs into a portable programming device, which, taking into account the physiological status of a particular user, analyzes current information, and balances the energy state of the body at the moment and provides information on the state of energy security of the organ ZMA in the form of visual images reflecting its dynamic changes over the required period, and / or in the form of recommendations for optimizing the state of energy security.

 In this case, the "energy security of the body" refers to the ratio of energy received in the body with food sources and energy consumed for life support, physical and mental work.

 The concept of "physiological status of a user" includes a set of indicators that comprehensively characterize the state of physical and mental health of a particular user, including his gender, age, body weight, the presence or absence of chronic diseases, temperament, endurance, fitness, etc.

 Taking into account this information, it becomes possible to more finely and accurately assess the minimum and optimal level of energy supply of the organism of a particular user, necessary for the life support of this user.

 If the amount of energy received with food substrates significantly exceeds the amount of energy expended, then there is an excess energy supply of the body. If the amount of energy received does not cover energy costs, there is an insufficient energy supply of the body.

 The optimal level of energy supply for an individual depends, in particular, on his physiological status, needs, desires and the surrounding circumstances.

 For example, the desire to get rid of excess or seemingly excess weight may have medical indications or reflect subjective moods, but irrespective of this, an acceptable level of energy supply should be established at which the amount of energy supplied with food should be lower than the amount of actually consumed energy.

 It is understood that “energy sources” refers to food substrates, although in certain cases special nutritional supplements and medicines can be taken into account.

 When determining the amount of energy consumed, the energy costs of maintaining the functioning of the organism itself, as well as the physical and mental work performed, must be taken into account.

A device for self-monitoring the state of the energy supply of the human body can, for example, include at least
- an information block that carries information about the energy value of food substrates, data on energy costs for the normal functioning of the body and the necessary energy costs for various kinds of work, normalized data on the average value of the required energy supply of the human body depending on its physiological status and nature of activity;
- a computing unit that receives information on the intake of food substrates and on the work performed, converts this information into appropriate units of energy that stores this information, evaluates the current level of energy supply of the body, determines the trends in the indicator of energy supply in retrospect and issues this or a derivative from this information to the demo unit;
- a demonstration unit, providing the issuance of any requested information and visual images that reflect the indicator of energy security, the dynamics of its change over the required period of time;
- a control unit that coordinates the operation of all units and the device as a whole;
- housing with control keys and a demo screen.

 The patented device is made so small that it is convenient for continuous wearing and use.

 On the device’s body there is a keyboard connected to the control unit and a demo screen.

 The keyboard may contain keys of a digital number for introducing digital information into the computing unit and command function keys.

 The device may have a different arrangement of blocks that perform the above functions, and contain additional blocks that increase the usability of the device and expand its functionality.

 When using the proposed method using the proposed device, each consumer must first enter information about himself into the device, for which he must display the user profile available in the information block, which he must fill out. The consumer profile contains the necessary list of information about the physiological status of the consumer and the nature of his activity, which will allow you to calculate the individual level of energy supply of the body required by a particular person.

 After each meal, the consumer must promptly enter into the device information about its characteristics, both qualitative and quantitative.

 To do this, he must call up the list of food products available in the information block, select those products that he ate, and indicate the approximate amount of each product consumed.

 Periodically, during the day, the consumer must similarly enter information on the work done into the device: call up the list of possible types of labor activity available in the information block, highlight those that took place and indicate the duration of each type of activity.

 At any time, the consumer can display on the screen information characterizing the energy supply of the body at the time of the request.

 The requested information will be displayed on the screen in the form of visual images that clearly illustrate the current state of the energy supply of the body, and / or in the form of recommendations for optimizing the state of the energy supply of the body.

 If desired, visual samples may reflect some derivatives of the indicator of the energy supply of the body.

 In particular, taking into account the patient’s initial body weight and the duration of the patient’s recommended regimen for maintaining the body’s energy supply, visual samples can reflect the dynamics of the calculated body weight while observing the recommendations made.

 In its simplest form, a visual image can be a graph of the dynamics of changes in the energy supply indicator over a certain period of time (day, week, month). At the same time, the schedule of the recommended individual level of energy supply is simultaneously reproduced, so that in a visual form it can be seen how successfully these recommendations are being implemented.

 However, it is preferable that the visual images are emotionally colored and more expressive.

 For example, if a consumer is overweight and striving to lose weight, the contour of the consumer’s body at the moment against the background of the body outline drawn by the dashed line that the consumer is aiming for can serve as a visual way.

 In the case when the consumer has a shortage of body weight, for example, a house under construction can be a visual image, and such a virtual house construction is completed when the consumer gains the required body weight.

 Any image that has symmetry disturbances can be used as a visual image, the greater the greater the deviations of the real energy supply of the body from the recommended level, the symmetry of the image being restored if the required level of energy supply is observed.

 It is desirable that such images were playful in nature and perceived by the consumer with humor. Such images may be updated periodically.

 Visual images can be accompanied by words of approval if the consumer maintains the regime recommended to him, or words of mild censure if the regime is severely violated.

 Some recommendations may appear on the screen, for example, tips for adjusting the amount of protein, fat, and carbohydrate consumed.

 The practical use of the method and device proposed by the applicant is intended to help a wide range of people suffering from disorders of the energy supply of the body, get rid of ailments, introduce them to a healthy lifestyle, in particular, to a rational diet, and healthy people to maintain health.

 The following examples illustrate the substance of the proposal.

 Example 1. User N., 45 years old, healthy, leads the right lifestyle, a mental worker.

 Due to the specifics of professional activity, a significant part of the working day is spent sitting at the table. Has a few overweight.

 He had the intention to lose weight and maintain it at a constant level to maintain a sporty look.

 Constantly used a device for self-monitoring the state of the energy supply of the body.

 One month after starting to use the device, body weight decreased by 4 kg.

 At the same time he did not use any special diets, he did not significantly limit himself in food, he did not subject himself to special physical activities.

 The favorable desired result was achieved solely due to the user's self-discipline without any noticeable violence against themselves: if the energy supply indicator exceeded the necessary, it was psychologically easy to refuse inappropriate meals, not to overeat at lunch and dinner.

 With a higher than required level of energy security, people began to use less transport and began to walk.

 The visual image characterizing the dynamics of changes in the energy supply of the body, in this case, was a series of caricature images of a fat man with a big belly, which symbolized the excess body weight of the consumer, and the image of a slender young man, which symbolized the optimal body weight for the consumer, which the consumer aspires to.

 The program incorporated in the device took into account the initial body mass of the consumer, compliance with the recommended energy supply regime of the body and the duration of the recommended regime, converted this information into units of body weight and issued it in the form of visual images.

 Changes in the degree of obesity of the fat man in the images reflected the dynamics of a decrease in the body mass of the consumer, which was observed while observing the recommended level of energy supply of the body.

 The constant use of the device was not burdensome, it was perceived by the consumer with humor.

 Example 2. User K., 27 years old, height 170 cm, weight 59 kg, practically healthy, married, working as a designer.

 He uses a portable device to independently monitor the state of the energy supply of his body in order to maintain a constant weight and not to gain weight.

 Before using the device, I filled out a user questionnaire displayed on the screen and containing information about the state of her physical and mental health (gender, age, weight, height, constitution, diseases, temperament, etc.).

 Based on these data, the minimum individual energy requirement for maintaining the body's viability was 1670 kcal per day.

 After each meal and after each stage of the work performed, the user entered the relevant information into the portable device and requested information about the current state of the body’s energy supply to correct it.

 For example, on September 19, the state of the energy supply of the body was maintained as follows.

 After waking up at 8 o’clock, she did morning exercises for 15 minutes and took water procedures for 10 minutes.

 For breakfast, I ate fried eggs from two eggs, 100 g of cottage cheese and drank a glass of coffee with milk and two sandwiches with cheese.

 She got dressed and left the house at 9 o’clock, heading for work.

 Before leaving the house, I entered the relevant information into the device.

 The journey took 1 hour, including the use of public transport and pedestrian crossings.

 At 10 o'clock I started to work and worked without interruptions until 13 o’clock.

 At 13 o’clock I called up information about the state of the body’s energy supply for this hour on the device’s screen.

 By this time, the supply of energy with food was 645 kcal, and the energy consumption was 1368 kcal.

 User K.'s lunch consists of herring with a side dish, a portion of pasta soup with meat, two meatballs with a side dish, a glass of cocoa and two pieces of bread.

 After lunch I took a half-hour walk, and from 14 to 18 hours I continued to work.

 She returned home at 19 hours, had dinner, and then before 20 hours she was engaged in homework.

 Dinner consisted of fried chicken with a side dish, a glass of sour cream and a bun.

 From 20 to 23 hours she was resting (reading, watching TV) and went to bed at 23 hours.

 Before going to bed, she introduced the latest information about food intake and work done into a portable device, and then called up information about the body’s energy supply at the moment.

 By this time, the total energy supply with food was 2495 kcal, and the total total energy consumption was 3026 kcal and this indicates that during the controlled period there was a certain shortage of energy, which can be replenished over the next day.

 As already noted above, the proposed method and device solve previously undefined tasks, but satisfy the needs actually needed by society.

 Since the problem being solved is original, then the means to solve it have not been previously described.

 According to the applicant, his proposal meets all the requirements for the invention.

Claims (2)

 1. A way to independently monitor the state of energy supply of the human body, taking into account the consumption of energy sources, energy costs and physiological status of the user, characterized in that the user initially fills out the user questionnaire displayed on the screen of claim 2 containing information characterizing the state of his physical and mental health; after each meal, the user enters information about the consumed food products and likewise - information about the work done and upon request receives information about the current state of the body’s energy supply at the moment or in the form of recommendations for optimizing the state of the body’s energy supply.  2. A device for self-monitoring the state of the energy supply of the human body, containing an information block that includes information on the energy value of food substrates, data on the required energy costs when performing various kinds of work, normalized data on the average value of the required energy supply of the human body, taking into account its physiological the status and nature of the activity and the demonstration unit, characterized in that the device is portable and with the possibility of programming, the information block additionally includes information about the energy costs for the normal functioning of the body, the computing unit receiving information from it is configured to evaluate the current level of energy supply of a specific organism in energy units and determine the trend in the rate of energy supply over a period of time when compared recommended individual level, as well as a demo unit made with the ability to issue information in the form of visual images that reflect the indicator of the energy supply of a particular organism and the dynamics of change over a period of time, including a demonstration screen and a control unit associated with a keyboard located on the device’s body.