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A system and method of use to help a person to stop or modify an adverse habitual health-related behavior, e.g., smoking, weight control, stress management, etc., by following a calculated regimen to commence on a day to be selected by the person. The system comprises a computer and a series of cust

A system and method of use to help a person to stop or modify an adverse habitual health-related behavior, e.g., smoking, weight control, stress management, etc., by following a calculated regimen to commence on a day to be selected by the person. The system comprises a computer and a series of customized visually perceptible messages establishing a customized regimen to aid the person to stop or modify the adverse habitual health-related behavior. The computer is arranged to receive personal information about the person and which is relevant to the behavior and makes use of expert system software to provide the customized messages in response thereto. The customized messages are in the form of a daily sequence measured relative to day selected by the person for the regimen to begin. Each of the messages is arranged to be read by the person in sequence on a daily basis and includes respective numerical indicia representing the number of days from the selected day to the day of said message. The messages are provided to the person in various ways, e.g., delivered to the person on a daily basis by means of some electronic communication medium, such as the Internet, e-mail, facsimile, etc., where they are printed out by the person. Alternatively, the cards or sheets may be generated by the system and provided to the person in hard copy form. The messages produced by the system may be updated and modified based upon information provided to the system by the person. Moreover, messages may be provided by the system to a support person to aid the person wishing to change his/her health-related behavior.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method of providing perceptible information to a person to aid the person to alter an undesirable health-related habitual behavior or to maintain a desirable health-related behavior by following a customized regimen to commence on a day to be selected by the person, sai

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method of providing perceptible information to a person to aid the person to alter an undesirable health-related habitual behavior or to maintain a desirable health-related behavior by following a customized regimen to commence on a day to be selected by the person, said method comprising the steps of:(A) collecting data from the person based on the person's answers to a series of questions;(B) utilizing said data in a computer to process said data and provide a series of specific customized behavioral change messages as part of a customized regimen to aid the person to alter the undesirable health-related behavior or maintain the desirable health-related behavior, said messages being provided in a daily sequence measured relative to said selected day;(C) providing said customized messages in visually perceptible form to the person in sequence on a daily basis, each of said customized messages including respective numerical indicia representing the number of days from the selected day to the day of said customized message; and(D) arranging said customized messages so that each is seen on the day associated therewith to deter the person from seeing more than a single day's message at a time.