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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7432454 | Nutrition intake tracker In one embodiment, this invention utilizes radio frequency identification (RFID) tag with nutrition information for each kind of food in a restaurant, institutional cafeteria, in food delivery to hospital patients, in hospice, in old age home residents or elsewhere.... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7413438 | Computer program, method, and system for monitoring nutrition content of consumables and for facilitating menu planning A computer program, method, and system for dynamically and interactively providing nutrition content information for consumables such that a user may monitor, tailor, plan, and review their intake thereof in light of a health-related interest or concern, such as, fo... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7361143 | Weight control system having varying meal plans and meal planning schemes A weight control software system and method may provide an interactive software environment to a user via a network to enhance the ability of users to follow a weight control program. The weight control software system may generate meal plans that are automatically ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7348500 | Diabetes mellitus nutritional balance for monitoring the food and nutritional intake A nutrition balance for health control, especially for diabetics, to measure a weight and a caloric value of an edible substance, comprising a main body; a scale unit generating a weight signal while receiving the weight of the edible substance; a control unit compr... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7328119 | Diet and exercise planning and motivation including apparel purchases based on future appearance The disclosed invention relates to methods for assisting and motivating persons with respect to various dietary and exercise regimens they might undertake, providing an interactive, iterative, “what-if” type of procedure where someone can see their predicted app... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7304252 | Method and system for a talking weight loss scale A method of encouraging weight loss via a talking electronic scale. The talking electronic scale determines the weight of a particular person in response to a specific user input. The talking electronic scale utilizes a data storage unit to store and conceal an init... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7297109 | Method and system for improving adherence with a diet program or other medical regimen A method, system and computer program product for remotely measuring one's adherence to a diet program while making it convenient and easy to place food orders, and learn about and try new foods that are acceptable to the diet program. The system includes a user sys... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7282029 | Method and a system for assisting a user in a medical self treatment, said self treatment comprising a plurality of actions A method of self treating a disease, such as diabetes, includes collecting in one or more databases data representing values of parameters that related to the self treatment. The data is processed to provide a plurality of alternate choices between two or more actio... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7265301 | Weight tracking scale and method of use The present invention provides an improved scale that only shows a user how much weight he or she has gained or lost. The scale includes a weight sensing apparatus and a numerical display. A computer stores a user's initial pre-diet weight, and then compares that we... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7247023 | System and method for monitoring weight and nutrition A website provides a weight and nutritional program over a network. The website allows users to input an assessment of a subject, which can be used to generate a weight plan for the subject. The weight plan can include minimum weights for the subject, each of the mi... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7182248 | Meal information supply system and meal information supply service method thereof The meal information supply system includes a small-sized portable terminal for reading a bar code of meal data indicative of the contents of an individual meal taken by a user to obtain the meal data and a meal information supply server for receiving, from the port... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7090638 | System and method for optimized dietary menu planning A dietary menu planning system. The dietary menu planning system receives personal characteristics and food preferences for an individual. The personal characteristics includes a desired physiological rate of change for the individual. Based on the physiological rat... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7076438 | Systems and methods for determining nutrients within dietary intake The present invention uses market research data to access nutrient intakes of a population. Dietary collection using 24-hour recall generally does not reflect a pattern of “usual” intake behavior for a population group. To determine the impact of food consumptio... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6973345 | Exercise load measuring instrument with body fat measuring function Disclosed is an exercise amount measuring device comprising: means for calculating the body fat percentage from the bioelectrical impedance of an individual and the personal data of the individual; means for determining the body shape of the individual and the amoun... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6963035 | Body weight managing apparatus Disclosed is a body weight managing apparatus comprising: a body weight measuring unit; a bioelectric impedance measuring unit; a body water content evaluation unit; and a health condition evaluation unit. According to the present invention, said body weight measuri... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6953342 | Computer program, method, and system for monitoring nutrition content of consumables and for facilitating menu planning A computer program, method, and system for dynamically and interactively providing nutrition content information for consumables such that a user may monitor, tailor, plan, and review their intake thereof in light of a health-related interest or concern, such as, fo... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6932766 | Satiety meter The invention relates to a computerized handheld substantially pocket size device (10) for satiety registering and satiety response and a method therefore. It is utilized in aiding a person, in a controlled manner, to appreciate when to eat, comprising in-/ou... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6878885 | Process for controlling body weight The disclosure relates to a process for controlling body weight in which selection of food servings is based on a calculated point value and a range of allotted daily points which is adjusted for weight change. The calculated point value is a function of measured ca... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6856938 | Weight monitoring computer There is disclosed a weight reduction computer or a weight monitoring computer, which essentially enables a user to key in the foods consumed during the course of the day and to key in the activities participated in during the course of the day. Both the foods consu... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6675041 | Electronic apparatus and method for monitoring net calorie intake Apparatus for tracking net consumption of calories by a user has an input to allow a user to enter the number of calories in food consumed by the user. The apparatus also includes a heart rate monitor and a timer. The heart rate monitor and timer. A proce... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6652455 | Method and apparatus for scanning of food and medicine to provide outputs relative to a user profile A method and apparatus for recording foods and medicines by scanning and relating scanned data to a stored medical profile specific to an individual. In a preferred embodiment, quantities of foods or medicines are sensed by scanning to relate consumption ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6649848 | Vehicle with on-board dieters' weight progress indentifying and control system and method A motor vehicle is provided with a weight control system utilizing the on-board weighing of the driver and one or more passengers. The display and input are effected through a touch screen and/or voice commands and the individuals's identification is regi... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6635015 | Body weight management system The invention relates to body weight management systems for subjects including humans and domestic animals. Such systems utilizes devices and compositions to shift the energy balance of the user in the direction wherein the calories burned due to the user... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6618616 | Bioelectrical impedance measuring apparatus Disclosed is an bioelectrical impedance measuring apparatus which is simplified in structure and which is easy to use. A measuring apparatus comprising a personal data input unit which is used in inputting personal data and a plurality of electrodes which... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6617530 | Scale with use reminder and weight change messages A scale with use reminder and weight change messages including a scale portion capable of accurately determining a weight of a person standing thereon. The scale portion includes a display for registering the weight of the person standing thereon. A centr... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6607483 | Method and apparatus for health and fitness feedback A fitness monitoring system and method for accepting, assessing, maintaining, training, monitoring, and providing direct feedback for individuals in a fitness program for improved results. The method provides feedback on a member of a fitness program util... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6589169 | Systems, methods and computer program products for monitoring, diagnosing and treating medical conditions of remotely located patients undergoing anticoagulation therapy Medical conditions of a plurality of remotely located patients are monitored, diagnosed, prioritized and treated using a central data processing system configured to communicate with and receive data from a plurality of respective patient monitoring syste... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6585516 | Method and system for computerized visual behavior analysis, training, and planning A system and method for computerized visual behavior analysis, training, and planning. The system includes a User Interface (UI), a Meal Database, a Food Database, a Picture Menus, and a Meal Builder. The method can include the following steps. First, the... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6537213 | Animal health care, well-being and nutrition Dynamic management of the health care, nutrition and well-being of pet animal, such as a dogs and cats. Data relating to the species of the animal, a selected group of the species, and the animal, including diagnostic laboratory test data of the animal ar... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6538215 | Programmable digital scale A programmable microprocessor-controlled digital scale capable of storing profiles of multiple users and respective user-specific weight management information includes a software program executed by the microprocessor to create and store a user profile f... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6513532 | Diet and activity-monitoring device A diet and activity-monitoring device includes a timer which outputs a time-indicative signal. A body activity monitor monitors the body activity of a subject and outputs a signal indicative of the body activity. A consumption notation control is provided... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6508762 | Method for monitoring food intake The invention provides a method and a system for dietary control. The method provides information to a person under dietary limitations prior to and during a meal regarding an item positioned before the person in real time. The system includes, in combina... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6510430 | Diagnosis and interpretation methods and apparatus for a personal nutrition program The present invention relates to a method for developing an ingestible formula through a network that operates according to a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP). A plurality of first statements inviting a plurality of first responses are received at a cli... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6506152 | Caloric energy balance monitor A caloric energy balance monitor uses calories expended during rest and activity, and calories consumed from food, to compute a predicted change in the user's body fat percentage. The predicted change in body fat percentage is then compared to an actual c... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6485419 | Systems and methods for controlling physical activity during dieting The invention relates to a system and a method for controlling physical activity while dieting. A computer (14) with a screen (20) and a connected scale (24) providing a plate (26) used for intake of food by a user (28) is used to determine a best level o... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6482155 | Caloric value calculation device A caloric value calculation device of calculating a caloric value consumed by delivering a material body. A caloric value calculation device wherein a bowler calculates a consumed caloric value by delivering a bowl includes a personal information access u... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6478736 | Integrated calorie management system An improved health management system for a person is disclosed, in which the person's resting metabolic rate (RMR) is determined at intervals using an indirect calorimeter. RMR values are used in setting and revising goals in, for example, a weight contro... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6436036 | Process for controlling body weight The disclosure relates to a process for controlling body weight in which selection of food servings is based on a calculated point value and a range of allotted daily points which is adjusted for weight change. The calculated point value is a function of ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6425862 | Interactive furniture for dieters The present invention 10 discloses a horseshoe-shaped table 12 having a computer 14 and a dual-purpose chair 16 associated therewith. The chair 16 adjusts to variously sized users 11 by using a piston 78 and piston support mechanism disposed internally of... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6425863 | Method for monitoring insulin medication Method for monitoring insulin medication in which blood sugar values are determined before and after a meal. The difference between these measured values is plotted against a quotient calculated from the bread units ingested during the meal and the insuli... | 07/30/2002 |
