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Title:
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EXPERT SYSTEM FOR NUTRITION EDUCATION COMBINING POINTS SYSTEM DIET AND FOOD GUIDE PYRAMID |
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Author(s):
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Hilcéa Santos Ferreira, Robson de Souza Resende, Tiago Ungaro Bardella, Nizam Omar |
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ISBN:
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978-989-8704-03-0 |
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Editors:
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Piet Kommers and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2014 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Health, nutrition education, points system diet, food guide pyramid, expert system. |
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Type:
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Poster/Demonstration |
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First Page:
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281 |
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Last Page:
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284 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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One of the health topics most discussed in the last years relates to obesity and overweight which are defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may impair health. Experts agree that all risk factors involved with obesity (heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes etc.) can be improved by a reduction in weight. Most of the diets work for a period of time but have no mechanisms for teaching the patients how to keep the new weight. This paper presents a Ruled-Based Expert System developed to help individuals that need to lose weight, which combines the Points System Diet and the USDA MyPyramid. A nutrition education approach is implemented aiming to reach a balance of food intake linked with healthy choices. An ongoing development of a prototype expert system used for nutrition education by combining the Points System Diet and the USDA MyPyramid is presented. |
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