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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2003
Filed:
May. 09, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert P. Lackey, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Darrel D. Drinan, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael W. MacCollum, Poway, CA (US);
Tanya L. Liesz, Cardiff, CA (US);
Fred B. Schlador, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Diethard A. Merz, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ;
Abstract
A caloric energy balance monitor uses calories expended during rest and activity, and calories consumed from food, to compute a predicted change in the user's body fat percentage. The predicted change in body fat percentage is then compared to an actual change in body fat percentage to iteratively compute a correction factor that is used in subsequent measurements of net caloric energy balance.