Machi Suka and colleagues used the Analytic Hierarchy Process to show how an optimal lifestyle change could be devised for a diabetic patient, taking into account the patient's differential readiness to undertake the proposed changes. (An alternative Annalisa approach would do this by treating patient disutility arising from each change as an attribute to be weighted and thereby traded-off with health gain and other considerations.)

The purpose of presenting an Annalisa version of a study conducted using another MCDA method (such as the Analytic Hierarchy Process) is to summarise and present the analysis in a simple and attractive one-screen format for a large audience - and to permit the interested viewer to download the .alt file and interact with the Weightings and Ratings to determine the effect of changes on the Scores. Alternatively the .alt file may be used as a 'starter' for a new analysis. No opinion is expressed or implied in regard to the merits of the study on any criterion.