Personalized Meal Planning for Diabetic Patients Using a Multi-Criteria Decision- Making Approach

Following a healthy diet is essential for people with diabetes. For this purpose, there have been many digital tools and mobile apps developed for diabetes meal planning. Most of them focus on controlling the blood sugar level of users. However, they undervalued the social, cultural, and religious significance of food to people. There are numerous factors that affect a person's meal planning including taste, nutrition, budget, preference, habit, and health constraints. People can struggle to decide what to eat. They may easily be overwhelmed by different food options and various constraints. In this paper, we propose a personalized meal planning strategy to support diabetes management. We develop a novel hybrid Multi- Criteria Decision-Making scheme for meal planning. Our goal is to effectively plan affordable and culturally appropriate meals to get all the nutrition needed for diabetic patients while still being mindful of calories and carbs.