Novelty & Nutrition

Authors

  • Benny Wai
  • William Ruth
  • Richard Jing

Abstract

This paper proposes and solves a modied diet problem that looks at the consumption of food from a larger perspective. Here we try to maximize the nutrient intake of an individual, as well as their preference for not eating the same food for every meal and minimizing the cost of purchasing their food. This problem was formulated as a linear program and solved using Open Solver in Microsoft Excel.

References

Reference 1: Obtained from http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/

rrw1/opt/diet history.html

Reference 2: Obtained from the National Agriculture Library,

United States Department of Agriculture

Reference 3: Obtained from http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/

nutrition/che-nutri-data/index-eng.php

Reference 4: Open Solver obtained from http://www.opensolver.org/

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Published

2017-02-22

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Analytics Now 2012 Edition

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