Application on assessing the nutritional value of food and diets
Developed by undergraduate students of the Computer Science course at the Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF) as part of the activities of the extension project “Outpatient Nutrition”.
Nutre aims to facilitate the understanding of the nutritional value of food, diets and assist in nutritional education activities in the area of food and nutrition.
What Nutre does:
1) Calculate your Body Mass Index (BMI), your energy, fat, protein and carbohydrate requirements to maintain your current weight.
2) It allows you to see the nutritional value of the food you want to eat.
3) Calculates the nutritional value of your meals.
The data on food composition used in Nutre are from the Brazilian Table of Food Composition (TACO) and that of home weights and measures from the Brazilian Table of Food Composition (TBCA).
1) Brazilian food composition table (TACO). State University of Campinas (Unicamp). 4. ed. rev. and ampl. Campinas: NEPA- UNICAMP, 2011. [Accessed on: 11/28/2020]. Available at http://www.nepa.unicamp.br/taco/tabela.php?ativo=tabela
2) Brazilian Food Composition Table (TBCA). University of São Paulo (USP). Food Research Center (FoRC). Version 7.1. São Paulo, 2020. [Accessed on: 11/28/2020]. Available at: http://www.tbca.net.br/
The reference values (suggested quantity) were specified as follows:
1) Energy: according to the World Health Organization, taking into account the age group, sex and low, moderate or intense physical activity factor.
2) Carbohydrate: amount that provides between 55% to 75% of the calculated energy value (VEC).
3) Total fat: amount that provides between 15% and 30% of the VEC.
4) Saturated fat: amount that provides a maximum of 7% of the VEC.
5) Protein: 1 g / kg of body weight.
6) Water: 35 mL / kg of body weight.
7) Vitamin C: 100 mg / day.
8) Other nutrients: according to the National Health Surveillance Agency, RDC No. 269 of September 22, 2005.
Team:
Dioginis Carvalho Pinheiro - Graduated from the Computer Science course / UENF.
Henrique Ribeiro de Almeida - Graduated from the Computer Science course / UENF.
Caio Morais Velasque Silva - Graduating from the Computer Science course / UENF.
Javier Ernesto Lopez del Real - Graduating from the Computer Science course / UENF.
José Marcos Nogueira Siqueira Filho - Graduating from the Computer Science course / UENF.
Guidance:
Prof. Luiz Rivera - Mathematical Sciences Laboratory / UENF
Profa Karla Silva Ferreira - Food Technology Laboratory / UENF
Developed by undergraduate students of the Computer Science course at the Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF) as part of the activities of the extension project “Outpatient Nutrition”.
Nutre aims to facilitate the understanding of the nutritional value of food, diets and assist in nutritional education activities in the area of food and nutrition.
What Nutre does:
1) Calculate your Body Mass Index (BMI), your energy, fat, protein and carbohydrate requirements to maintain your current weight.
2) It allows you to see the nutritional value of the food you want to eat.
3) Calculates the nutritional value of your meals.
The data on food composition used in Nutre are from the Brazilian Table of Food Composition (TACO) and that of home weights and measures from the Brazilian Table of Food Composition (TBCA).
1) Brazilian food composition table (TACO). State University of Campinas (Unicamp). 4. ed. rev. and ampl. Campinas: NEPA- UNICAMP, 2011. [Accessed on: 11/28/2020]. Available at http://www.nepa.unicamp.br/taco/tabela.php?ativo=tabela
2) Brazilian Food Composition Table (TBCA). University of São Paulo (USP). Food Research Center (FoRC). Version 7.1. São Paulo, 2020. [Accessed on: 11/28/2020]. Available at: http://www.tbca.net.br/
The reference values (suggested quantity) were specified as follows:
1) Energy: according to the World Health Organization, taking into account the age group, sex and low, moderate or intense physical activity factor.
2) Carbohydrate: amount that provides between 55% to 75% of the calculated energy value (VEC).
3) Total fat: amount that provides between 15% and 30% of the VEC.
4) Saturated fat: amount that provides a maximum of 7% of the VEC.
5) Protein: 1 g / kg of body weight.
6) Water: 35 mL / kg of body weight.
7) Vitamin C: 100 mg / day.
8) Other nutrients: according to the National Health Surveillance Agency, RDC No. 269 of September 22, 2005.
Team:
Dioginis Carvalho Pinheiro - Graduated from the Computer Science course / UENF.
Henrique Ribeiro de Almeida - Graduated from the Computer Science course / UENF.
Caio Morais Velasque Silva - Graduating from the Computer Science course / UENF.
Javier Ernesto Lopez del Real - Graduating from the Computer Science course / UENF.
José Marcos Nogueira Siqueira Filho - Graduating from the Computer Science course / UENF.
Guidance:
Prof. Luiz Rivera - Mathematical Sciences Laboratory / UENF
Profa Karla Silva Ferreira - Food Technology Laboratory / UENF
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