Table 3.
Examples of AI Support for Rehabilitation Nutrition Care Processes.
| Rehabilitation nutrition assessment and diagnostic reasoning, rehabilitation nutrition diagnosis | Diagnosis of malnutrition, sarcopenia, and cachexia presence; diagnostic reasoning for causes of appetite loss, weight loss, and sarcopenia - Machine learning/deep learning |
| Rehabilitation nutrition goal setting | Weight goal setting based on integrated analysis of body composition (muscle mass, fat mass), activities of daily living, swallowing function, and other data - Machine learning, generative AI |
| Rehabilitation nutrition intervention | In addition to treatment recommended by clinical practice guidelines, proposes prioritized interventions such as optimal nutrition interventions and exercise programs based on causal reasoning - Reasoning AI, generative AI Support for individualized advice and motivation maintenance through AI chatbots to encourage behavioral change - Generative AI |
| Rehabilitation nutrition monitoring | Automatically estimates intake volume and nutrients from meal image analysis (pre- and postmeal) to adjust dietary plans - Deep learning |
AI: artificial intelligence.