Proposição de modelo de sistema de recomendação para uma alimentação saudável baseado na medicina Ayurvédica

Abstract

The main objective of this work was to develop a Recommender System for healthy eating using contextual information of Ayurvedic Medicine. Searching to organize a frame of reference for a diet based on the flavors of food, it had as common axis integrating health and education, within a specific area of knowledge, food education. According to this educational proposal, the system subsidizes the users with appropriate information from previously identified doshas. With the use of filtering techniques based on content, strategies for promoting healthy eating practices are suggested to users. In this context, learning occurs when it helps make the information meaningful to choose the truly important and to understand them in an ever broader and deeper way. Seeking to develop their knowledge and understanding as part of this practice, it was taken as a methodological principle in this applied nature research, the support and guidance of action research. We chose the qualitative method approach to analyze the actual interactions between people and the system, using to this end, the questionnaire for data collection. Three therapists participated in the investigation and twenty-two people evaluated the proposed Recommendation System. The results showed that the Recommendation System, as presented here, constitutes a form of learning facilitator that assists in the habit of healthy eating.