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On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 23:00 +0000, Ben wrote: > I think it'd likely be obscenely difficult to programme, but I would > like to construct a program which is capable of making > recommendations/instructions on how to change one's diet based on the > exact diet input, even down to the brand the user buys. It might also > be able to tell them how to save money simultaneously. It'd need a > user-maintained list of products worldwide for proper use, but would > have an easy interface for the creation of such items. Run it off Tesco's database. (First persuading Tesco ...) > It would take the inputs - products eaten - calculate a person's > health rating, estimated future BMI, etc... and then tell them what to > do, i.e. "Body Fat: 28%/ This is far too high./Change from ASDA > Butterly to Flora; the latter contains less fat." It might be a > years-long project before it could be usable It may be a hard problem, in that although the technology exists, few if any of us actually use it, and outside an environmental research chamber, the uncontrolled elelements of the situation will probably fuzz it all too much to be more useful than general advice. -- Dr Adrian Midgley www.defoam.net -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html