Compared with other existing nutrition softwares on the market, our proposed system has more novel and creative functions, that satisfy different users’ various requirements, besides the basic functions.
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Reminder service:
This function uses alter, notice, and warning messages to help users eat nutritious food, and take care of their diseases.
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The proposed system can remind its users of taking pills or food on time. Reminding message will automatically pop up when it is the time.
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For some users with certain diseases, such as diabetes, or high blood pressure, the proposed system would remind them of what kind of food they can eat, and what cannot.
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The proposed system can do food comparison. It would compare the elements of different food that users want to choose from, and then tell users which one is the most nutrient.
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It would show nutrition tips frequently to endorse users.
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Online service:
Besides the software installed on the PDA, a server would be set up to provide various services for the PDA software.
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Food recommendation: The server can analyze users’ inputs from the PDA system, and then tell the most popular food of each restaurant.
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Eating pattern recommendation: the server can analyze users’ eating patterns, and then recommend the healthier one to other users or the more successful weight loss menus to different users.
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Health report: the proposed system would have monthly or weekly health reports for the users. Users can also check their health status in the past, by sending request. These reports would be in graphics patterns.
Besides those new features, the proposed system also provides basic health care services as common nutrition softwares do:
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Learns users’ calorie needs and adjusts the calorie budget for weight loss, fitness, and other health care purpose.
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Counts calories in different kinds of exercises.
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Set up your own dietary plan
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Presents both easy-to-read percentage summaries and in-depth nutrient analysis of foods.
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Guesses recipes of gackaged foods.