Title :
A Design of Information System Improving Dietary Habit Based on Individual Clinical Data and Life Style
Author :
Matsumoto, Tsutomu ; Shimada, Yasuyuki ; Teo, Thimoty ; Kawaji, Shigeyasu
Author_Institution :
Kumamoto Nat. Coll. of Technol, Kumamoto
Abstract :
Currently, metabolic syndrome is one of the most all-too-common terms in Japan and it has been pointed out that the number of patients afflicted with lifestyle diseases such as hypertension, diabetes and hyperlipemia is rapidly growing. It takes many days to heal from lifestyle diseases completely, and prevention is the best way to keep us healthy. Furthermore it is well-known that dietary cure is one of effective methods to prevent from lifestyle diseases. This paper describes a designing and implementation of alimentary therapy assist system. The system records user´s meal history and provide the user with healthy menu based on medical information, body condition, user´s meal history individual taste and market price of cooking materials.
Keywords :
diseases; medical information systems; user interfaces; alimentary therapy assist system; dietary habit; individual clinical data; life style disease; medical information system design; metabolic syndrome; user interface; user meal history record; Biomedical informatics; Blood pressure; Databases; Diabetes; Diseases; Educational institutions; History; Hypertension; Information systems; Medical treatment; clinical information; integrated health care system; lifestyle diseases; providing menu;
Conference_Titel :
Computer-Based Medical Systems, 2008. CBMS '08. 21st IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Jyvaskyla
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3165-6
DOI :
10.1109/CBMS.2008.132