Meal Recommendation System for the Elderly (MRS)

In developing countries, the well-being of the elderly is not given enough attention, especially in terms of nutrition. This is a vital point since the meal which the elderly eat typically reflects their health. This paper aims to research and develop a web-based system with the capacity to design appropriate and healthy meal plans for the elderly by nutrition specialist's recommendation. Eating healthy meal plans for a person helps to have good health. It was found that the elderly with diabetic mellitus and kidney failure had the better health together with good mental health. Moreover, the system can accurately calculate the optimal number of calories which the elderly should have each day. A supporting website was developed using HTML and VB.net for expert evaluation