Knowledge-Based Diet and Physical Exercise Advisory System

Ezeuko Charles E, Diala Stanley O, Ejem Agbaeze

Abstract: With healthy diet and exercise, one can live a healthy, longer live with less illness due to the acquired stronger immuned system. In many developing countries, many people have suffered from preventable health problems due to insufficient number of medical expert offering advisory solutions on the proper diets and exercises. Improper diet and exercise scheme imposes some health impairments to mankind such as diabetes, obesity, hypertensions, etc. The two main reasons are traced to be poverty (which makes it difficult to receive medical advice or partake assisted exercise using machines) and inadequate enlightenment media system. Developing an advisory system that provides solutions for proper dietary and exercise is a challenge and thus a problem to be solved. This work aims at developing a web based solution for diet and exercise advisory system. The expert system design paradigm was adopted and employed. This system having and embedded within the solutional strategies, will capture among others users demographical data biodata, religion, culture, health conditions, analyzing these data and generates the list of appropriate diets and exercise for the user. The system has been tested with sample records and thus is an assisting tool used where medical experts are not readily available.

Keywords: Diet, Exercise, Knowledge Based System, Domain Expert, Advice