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This project aims to see if it's possible for OpenFoodFacts to support diets in the most generic way.
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This project aims to see if it's possible for Open Food Facts to support diets in the most generic way.
 
[[Category:Diets]]
 
[[Category:Diets]]
 
=== Exploring how Open Food Facts can support any dietary requirement===
 
=== Exploring how Open Food Facts can support any dietary requirement===
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==== Should Open Food Facts support diets? ====
 
==== Should Open Food Facts support diets? ====
Open Food Facts relies on the information on the labels. Support for diets seems to imply that other information should be folded into Open Food Facts. Which would make diets a derivative project.<br />
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* Open Food Facts relies on the information on the labels. Support for diets seems to imply that other information should be folded into Open Food Facts. Which would make diets a derivative project.<br />
However it might be that generic support for diets is so closely tied to Open Food Facts, that it should be integrated. Or, if Open Food Facts wants to support dietary requirement queries, it might have consequences for implementation of Open Food Facts (think taxonomy).</ br>
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* However it might be that generic support for diets is so closely tied to Open Food Facts, that it should be integrated. Or, if Open Food Facts wants to support dietary requirement queries, it might have consequences for implementation of Open Food Facts (think taxonomy).</ br>
At the moment Open Food Facts already includes some derived applications, such as comparing and finding Palm-tree based products. So supporting diets is not farfetched.
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* At the moment Open Food Facts already includes some derived applications, such as comparing and finding Palm-tree based products. So supporting diets is not farfetched.
 
==== Diet definition ====
 
==== Diet definition ====
What is a diet exactly? [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_(nutrition) Wikipedia] defines it as
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* What is a diet exactly? [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_(nutrition) Wikipedia] defines it as
<nowiki>In nutrition, diet is the sum of food consumed by a person or other organism.</nowiki>
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* <nowiki>In nutrition, diet is the sum of food consumed by a person or other organism.</nowiki>
This does not help us much. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_diets Wikipedia entry] on diets shows more than 50 different diets (I stopped counting). There are many different reasons and approaches, which are not relevant here. As a working definition I will use:
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* This does not help us much. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_diets Wikipedia entry] on diets shows more than 50 different diets (I stopped counting). There are many different reasons and approaches, which are not relevant here. As a working definition I will use:
<nowiki>A Open Food Fact diet is a subselection of products in the Open Food Fact database.</nowiki>
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* <nowiki>A Open Food Facts diet is a subselection of products in the Open Food Fact database.</nowiki>
This implies that a person who follows a certain diet is only willing to eat specific products.
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* This implies that a person who follows a certain diet is only willing to eat specific products.
 
   
==== Compound Diets ====
 
==== Compound Diets ====
 
It is possible that a person adheres to multiple diets. For example vegetariansim + non-gmo + organic.
 
It is possible that a person adheres to multiple diets. For example vegetariansim + non-gmo + organic.
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=== References ===
 
=== References ===
 
* [https://www.zediet.fr/ ZeDiet] - une méthode simple, efficace et durable pour améliorer ou préserver votre forme et votre santé en vous aidant à faire de meilleurs choix alimentaires;
 
* [https://www.zediet.fr/ ZeDiet] - une méthode simple, efficace et durable pour améliorer ou préserver votre forme et votre santé en vous aidant à faire de meilleurs choix alimentaires;
* [http://www.nongmoproject.org Non GMO project] - working together to ensure the sustained availability of non-GMO food & products;
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* [https://www.nongmoproject.org Non GMO project] - working together to ensure the sustained availability of non-GMO food & products;
* [http://www.euroveg.eu European Vegetarian Union]
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* [https://www.euroveg.eu European Vegetarian Union]

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