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Construction of Healthy and Palatable Diet for Adolescents at Taman Desa
Rakyat using Linear Programming
NurHazirah Binti Razhan
Supervisor: Dr. Nur Fadhilah Binti Ibrahim
Bachelor of Science (Computational Mathematics)
School of Informatics and Applied Mathematics
One of the factors influencing the healthy food choices is socioeconomic statue. The
unhealthy diets usually happened among the lower-income families since they consume
cheaper food which are highly in fat. This unhealthy eating patterns would lead to health
problems such as obesity and malnourishment for the children. Therefore, planning a
healthy diet menu is important for them to have the sufficient nutrients, energy and
achieving full growth potential. The purpose of this project is to construct a balanced diet
model with a minimum cost for adolescents of low-cost flats at Taman Desa Rakyat by
using Linear Programming. The data on nutrients requirement, number of food
requirement according to the food groups, nutrition contents of each meals and food
price will be gathered. Simplex method will be used to solve the model by using MS Excel.
By formulate the model, hopefully they can prepare based on foods available that
affordable.
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