用AI模型结合健康饮食指数,精准推荐改善饮食质量的食物。
An LLM-RAG Approach for Healthy Eating Index-Informed Personalized Food Recommendations
- 基于HEI和营养数据库构建食物嵌入空间,实现个性化检索
- 模拟显示平均健康饮食指数提升6.45分,达标率从45.12%升至61.26%
- 适合关注慢性病预防与个性化营养指导的用户
饮食质量是慢性病风险的主要决定因素。人工智能的进步使食品推荐系统能根据用户偏好和健康目标调整建议。然而,现有系统多依赖非标准化食品数据库,且与权威评价指标关联有限。本研究提出一种基于健康饮食指数(HEI)的检索增强生成(RAG)框架,整合标准营养数据库与大语言模型(LLMs),实现个性化食品推荐。方法以国家健康与营养调查(NHANES)和食品模式等价数据库(FPED)为基础,从FPED文本描述构建食物级嵌入空间。系统为每类食物计算基线HEI得分,检索候选食物,并评估简单替换或新增对HEI的影响。采用预训练OpenAI LLM构建约束性RAG流程,生成基于营养成分与HEI贡献的个性化推荐。模拟结果显示,平均HEI得分提升6.45,HEI超过50的用户比例由45.12%增至61.26%;分位数分析显示全分布均呈现改善趋势。结果表明,该LLM-RAG系统可提供更精准、可解释、个性化的营养指导,助力改善饮食质量。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Diet quality is a leading determinant of chronic disease risk. Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have enabled food recommendation systems to adapt suggestions to user preferences and health goals. However, most current systems rely on loosely curated food databases and provide limited connection to a validated index. In this study, we propose a Healthy Eating Index (HEI) informed retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) framework that combines standardized nutrition databases with large language models (LLMs) for personalized food recommendations. Our proposed method anchors retrieval in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and the Food Patterns Equivalents Database (FPED). A food-level embedding space is constructed from FPED-derived textual descriptions. For each entity, the system computes baseline HEI scores, retrieves candidate foods for intake recommendations, and estimates the HEI impact of simple substitutions or additions. A constrained RAG pipeline instantiated with a pretrained OpenAI LLM generates personalized recommendations and sources based on nutrient profiles and HEI contributions. The simulation results showed a mean HEI improvement of 6.45, with the proportion of users HEI over 50 increasing from 45.12 to 61.26. Quantile analysis revealed consistent improved shifts across the HEI distribution. Our findings suggest that the proposed LLM-RAG-based AI systems can support more precise, explainable, and personalized nutrition guidance to improve diet quality.
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