Processes and systems for achieving and assisting in improved nutrition based on food energy data and relative healthfulness data

Abstract

Processes are provided for controlling body weight of a consumer, as well as for selecting and purchasing foods, and for producing food products, based on a combination of food energy data and relative healthfulness data for a candidate food. Various ways are provided for obtaining and accessing the food energy data and relative healthfulness data. Related processes and systems are also provided for assisting in the foregoing processes.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A process for controlling body weight of a consumer comprises, for each of a plurality of candidate food servings, receiving, by a processor, at least one of respective food serving identification data and respective food serving nutrient data;
 obtaining, by the processor, respective food energy data representing an energy content of each of the candidate food servings and respective healthfulness data representing a relative healthfulness of each of the candidate food servings based on its at least one of respective food serving identification data and respective food serving nutrient data;   determining, by the processor, food servings from the plurality of candidate food servings based on its respective healthfulness data and its respective food energy data such that a sum of respective food energy data of the selected food servings bears a predetermined relationship to a predetermined food energy benchmark for the consumer in a given period; and   recommending, by the processor, the selected food servings.