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ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2025

An AI-based nutrition recommendation system: technical validation with insights from Mediterranean cuisine.

Kyriakos Kalpakoglou, Lorena Calderón-Pérez, Noemi Boqué, Metin Guldas, Çağla Erdoğan Demir, Lazaros P Gymnopoulos, Kosmas Dimitropoulos

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Article in Frontiers in nutrition, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Kyriakos KalpakoglouVisual Computing Lab (VCL), Information Technologies Institute (ITI), Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), Thessaloniki, Greece.
Lorena Calderón-PérezTechnological Unit of Nutrition and Health, Eurecat, Technology Centre of Catalonia, Reus, Spain.
Noemi BoquéTechnological Unit of Nutrition and Health, Eurecat, Technology Centre of Catalonia, Reus, Spain.
Metin GuldasNutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bursa Uludag University, Bursa, Türkiye.
Çağla Erdoğan DemirBiotechnology, Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Bursa Uludag University, Bursa, Türkiye.
Lazaros P GymnopoulosVisual Computing Lab (VCL), Information Technologies Institute (ITI), Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), Thessaloniki, Greece.
Kosmas DimitropoulosVisual Computing Lab (VCL), Information Technologies Institute (ITI), Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), Thessaloniki, Greece.

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Abstract

Introduction: Modern lifestyle trends such as sedentary behaviors and unhealthy diets pose a major health challenge, as they have been related to multiple pathologies. Following a healthy diet has become increasingly difficult in today's fast-paced world. Given this context, artificial intelligence can play a pivotal role in addressing the challenge. Methods: We present an AI-based nutrition recommendation system that generates balanced, personalized weekly meal plans tailored to the nutritional needs and preferences of healthy adults. The proposed method retrieves dishes and meals from an expert-validated database featuring Mediterranean foods, following a structured four-step process to recommend a weekly Nutrition Plan (NP). Results: The system's performance is evaluated across 4,000 generated user profiles in three key areas: (a) dish/meal filtering accuracy based on user-specific parameters (e.g., allergies), (b) diversity of meals and food group balance, and (c) accuracy in caloric and macronutrient recommendations. The system achieves high accuracy in terms of suggested caloric and nutrient content while ensuring seasonality, diversity, and food group variety. Discussion: With solid accuracy in filtering, diversity, and caloric/macronutrient suggestions, the proposed system offers a promising solution to modern dietary challenges.

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AI-based recommenderartificial intelligencehealthy dietmeal plan recommendationsMediterranean cuisinenutritional recommendationspersonalized recommendations

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