Stigler’s Diet Problem is one of the classical problems in Operational Research. The problem finds its origin in the work of Nobel laureate George Stigler (1944), who posed this as a mathematical exercise, not as eating recommendations:
For a moderately active man weighing 154 pounds, how much of each of 77 foods should be eaten on a daily basis so that the man’s intake of nine nutrients will be at least equal to the recommended dietary allowances in 1943, with the cost of the diet being minimal?
You can find more details, the nutrients and commodities lists, along with a possible solution, at the OR-Tools website.
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