Volumetric measurement for nutritional content

Abstract

The present disclosure describes a device including a wall protruding from and surrounding a base portion and an open top portion located opposite the base portion. The device may define a volume corresponding to a predetermined macronutrient quantity for a food type. Also described is a kit including a first bowl and a second bowl. In some examples, the first and second bowls each include a wall protruding from and surrounding a base portion and defining an open top portion located opposite the base portion. According to some examples, the first bowl defines a first volume corresponding to a predetermined macronutrient quantity of a first food type and the second bowl defines a second volume corresponding to a predetermined macronutrient quantity of a second food type that is different from the first volume corresponding to the predetermined macronutrient quantity of the first food type.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A device, comprising:
 a base portion;   a wall protruding from the base portion and surrounding the base portion;   a first indication of a food type located on the base portion;   a second indication of the food type located on the wall; and   an open top portion located opposite the base portion,   wherein the device is arranged and configured to hold a food corresponding to the food type.   
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the second indication of the food type is located on an upper rim of the wall adjacent the open top portion. 
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the first indication of the food type comprises an indication selected from the group consisting of a visual representation of the food type, a word identifying the food type, and combinations thereof. 
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the second indication of the food type comprises a color. 
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the device defines a volume corresponding to a predetermined macronutrient quantity for a food type. 
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 5 , wherein the predetermined macronutrient quantity comprises one of a predetermined amount of carbohydrates and a predetermined amount of calories. 
     
     
         7 . A device, comprising:
 a base portion;   a wall protruding from the base portion and surrounding the base portion;   an open top portion located opposite the base portion;   a first indication of a food type located along at least one of the base portion and the wall; and   a second indication of the food type located along at least one of the base portion and the wall,   wherein the device is arranged and configured to hold a food corresponding to the food type, and the device defines a volume corresponding to a predetermined macronutrient quantity for the food type.   
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 7 , wherein the first indication of the food type comprises an indication selected from the group consisting of a visual representation of the food type, a word identifying the food type, and combinations thereof. 
     
     
         9 . The device of  claim 7 , wherein the second indication of the food type comprises a color. 
     
     
         10 . The device of  claim 7 , wherein the predetermined macronutrient quantity comprises one of a predetermined amount of carbohydrates and a predetermined amount of calories. 
     
     
         11 . The device of  claim 10 , wherein the predetermined amount of carbohydrates is between  5  and  45  grams of carbohydrates. 
     
     
         12 . A kit, comprising:
 a first bowl comprising:
 a base portion; 
 a wall protruding from and surrounding the base portion of the first bowl; 
 a first indication of a first food type located on the base portion of the first bowl; 
 a second indication of the first food type located on the wall of the first bowl; and 
 an open top portion located opposite the base portion of the first bowl, wherein the first bowl defines a first volume corresponding to a predetermined macronutrient quantity of the first food type; and 
   a second bowl comprising:
 a base portion; 
 a wall protruding from and surrounding the base portion of the second bowl; 
 a first indication of a second food type located on the base portion of the second bowl; 
 a second indication of the second food type located on the wall of the second bowl; and 
 an open top portion located opposite the base portion of the second bowl, wherein the second bowl defines a second volume corresponding to a predetermined macronutrient quantity of the second food type. 
   
     
     
         13 . The kit of  claim 12 , wherein the first food type is different from the second food type, and the first volume of the first bowl is different from the second volume of the second bowl. 
     
     
         14 . The kit of  claim 13 ,
 wherein the predetermined macronutrient quantity of the first food type comprises a predetermined amount of carbohydrates, and   wherein the predetermined macronutrient quantity of the second food type comprises the predetermined amount of carbohydrates.   
     
     
         15 . The kit of  claim 12 , wherein the first indication of the first food type comprises an indication selected from the group consisting of a visual representation of the first food type, a word identifying the first food type, and combinations thereof, and
 wherein the first indication of the second food type comprises an indication selected from the group consisting of a visual representation of the second food type, a word identifying the second food type, and combinations thereof.   
     
     
         16 . The kit of  claim 12 , wherein the second indication of the first food type is located on an upper rim of the wall of the first bowl, and the second indication of the second food type is located on an upper rim of the wall of the second bowl. 
     
     
         17 . The kit of  claim 16 , wherein the second indication of the first food type comprises a first color and the second indication of the second food type comprises a second color that is different from the first color. 
     
     
         18 . The kit of  claim 12 , wherein the second bowl is sized and configured to nestably couple to an interior portion of the first bowl. 
     
     
         19 . The kit of  claim 12 , wherein the first bowl defines a first volume corresponding to a predetermined quantity of calories for the first food type, and the second bowl defines a second volume corresponding to a predetermined quantity of calories for the second food type. 
     
     
         20 . The kit of  claim 14 , wherein the predetermined amount of carbohydrates is between 10 and 20 grams of carbohydrates.