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Linear programming and pediatric dietetics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Ciro Colavita  and
Renato D'orsi
Ciro Colavita
Affiliation:
Pediatric Division, S. Paolo Hospital, Naples 80122, Italy
Renato D'orsi
Affiliation:
Potytecnic, University of Naples, Naples 80122, Italy
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Abstract

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The composition of 500 foods has been stored in a computer in order to analyse a child's diet. The methodology of operations research is applied to a very simple problem: a diet with only two foods. The geometrical representation of the ‘feasible region’ and of the ‘objective function’ is illustrated. One of the analytical methods employable with many variables (foods) is considered. This method was used in trying to find diets allowing for the preferential use of selected foods while respecting recommended dietary allowances, the tastes of the child and other constraints. The theoretical difficulty of transferring this methodology to pediatric dietetics was examined. We solved a simple case utilizing this procedure.

Keywords

Linear programming and dieteticsComputer-aided dietetics
Type
Nutritient Intakes: Models and Surveys
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 64 , Issue 2 , September 1990 , pp. 307 - 317
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1990

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