Nutrient menu planning for clinical research centers. Control by computer.
A computer program has been developed for the dietetic service of the Clinical Research Center at the University of Florida. Presently, it is used in menu planning and nutrient analysis for selective, controlled-nutrient diets and for constant diets. The program is able to compute food weights for a patient-selected daily menu which would satisfy up to twenty-three nutrient constraints and which may be optimized with respect to one or more of these. The principal benefit of the program is a saving in the dietetian's time in calculating the nutrient content of the diet and in planning diets with several constrained nutrients. It is also being used as a teaching resource for dietetic interns and dietetic trainees.
D003201:Computers; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004035:Diet Therapy; D004046:Dietetics; D005504:Food Analysis; D005521:Food Service, Hospital; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D012106:Research