Health management apparatus

Abstract

Disclosed is a health management apparatus, which comprises age information acquisition means for acquiring age information of a user, gender information acquisition means for acquiring gender information of the user, body-height information acquisition means for acquiring body-height information of the user, body-weight information acquisition means for acquiring body-weight information of the user, bone-mass information acquisition means for acquiring bone-mass information of the user, and targeted amount of daily calcium intake per person information acquisition means for acquiring information about a targeted amount of daily calcium intake per person specific to the user, based on the acquired age information, gender information, body-height information, body-weight information and bone-mass information. The health management apparatus of the present invention can acquire a targeted amount of daily calcium intake per person specific to a user, in accordance with a body composition of the user.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an external view showing a health management apparatus 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an electric circuit incorporated in the health management apparatus 1.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a personal data registration process to be performed in the health management apparatus 1.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a biological data measurement process to be performed in the health management apparatus 1.

FIGS. 5A and 5B are charts showing one example of a data table to be stored in the health management apparatus 1.

FIGS. 6A and 6B are charts showing another example of the data table to be stored in the health management apparatus 1.

FIG. 7 is a chart showing yet another example of the data table to be stored in the health management apparatus 1.

FIG. 8 is a chart showing still another example of the data table to be stored in the health management apparatus 1.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing one example of a biological data display mode to be performed in the health management apparatus 1.

Claims

1. A health management apparatus comprising: age information acquisition means for acquiring age information of a user;gender information acquisition means for acquiring gender information of the user;body-height information acquisition means for acquiring body-height information of the user;body-weight information acquisition means for acquiring body-weight information of the user;bone-mass information acquisition means for acquiring bone-mass information of the user; andtargeted amount of daily calcium intake per person information acquisition means for acquiring information about a targeted amount of daily calcium intake per person specific to the user, based on said acquired age information, gender information, body-height information, body-weight information and bone-mass information.

2. The health management apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein said bone-mass information acquisition means includes: fat-free-mass information acquisition mean for acquiring fat-free mass information of the user; andbone-mass information calculation means for calculating the bone-mass information of the user, based on said acquired fat-free mass information.

3. The health management apparatus as defined in claim 2, wherein said fat-free-mass information acquisition mean includes: body-height information acquisition means for acquiring body-height information of the user;body-impedance information acquisition means for acquiring body-impedance information of the user; andfat-free-mass information calculation mean for calculating the fat-free mass information of the user, based on said acquired body-height information and body-impedance information.

4. The health management apparatus as defined in claim 2, wherein said fat-free-mass information acquisition mean includes: body-height information acquisition means for acquiring body-height information of the user;body-weight information acquisition means for acquiring body-weight information of the user;body-impedance information acquisition means for acquiring body-impedance information of the user; andfat-free-mass information calculation mean for calculating the fat-free mass information of the user, based on said acquired body-height information, body-weight information and body-impedance information.

5. The health management apparatus as defined in either one of claims 1 to 4, which further includes muscle-mass information acquisition means for acquiring muscle-mass information of the user, wherein said required-calcium-amount information acquisition means is operable to acquire information about a targeted amount of daily calcium intake per person specific to the user, based on said acquired age information, gender information, body-height information, bone-mass information and muscle-mass information.

6. The health management apparatus as defined in claim 5, wherein said muscle-mass information acquisition means includes: bone-mass information acquisition means for acquiring bone-mass information of the user; fat-free-mass information acquisition mean for acquiring fat-free mass information of the user; andmuscle-mass information calculation means for calculating the muscle-mass information of the user, based on said acquired bone-mass information and fat-free mass information.

7. The health management apparatus as defined in claim 1, which further includes: a storage device which stores conversion data corresponding to targeted amount of daily calcium intake per person information; anda screen adapted to display the conversion data corresponding to said acquired information about the targeted amount of daily calcium intake per person specific to the user.