Manipulation System for Nutrition Counseling Based on Internet.
- Author:
Soon Myung HONG
1
;
Gon KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Food & Nutrition, University of Ulsan, Korea. smhong@mail.ulsan.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
internet program;
nutrition counseling;
nutrition assessment;
nutrition prescription
- MeSH:
Anthropometry;
Counseling*;
Eating;
Education;
Health Expenditures;
Internet*;
Nutrition Assessment;
Obesity;
Prescriptions
- From:Journal of the Korean Dietetic Association
2004;10(3):284-292
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to develop a manipulation system for nutrition counseling based on internet. This system offers convenient user interface and the synthetic counseling results with various utilities. This system consists of the general information of clients, the anthropometry data and the calculation of obesity and body index, the state of eating habits, calorie expenditure, clinical symptoms, the convenient method for analysis of nutrients, biochemical data and nutrition prescription. Having interoperability, these functions preserve the information of clients and manage the historical data. This system can insert, store, print out and generate the synthetic information of clients to provide a suitable and efficient nutrition counseling information. With accumulated client data, It does the nutrition education and counseling simultaneously. As it is developed based on internet, it provides friendly user interface. Also, Managing clients' information connected to database, it can provide a systematic and formal information. It is possible for the system to retrieve information and counsel in real time. It is expected that the nutrition counseling management system can improve the national health with animated nutrition counseling.
