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Food Waste in Iran; Time to Return to Islamic Perspective of Frugality [PDF]

Journal of Fasting and Health, 2018
UN Food and Agricultural Organisation believes that there is no balance between hunger and producing food and the world is producing more than enough food (1). It estimated that one third of the food produced in the world for human consumption every year
Ahmad Sadati
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Household Attitudes and Behavior towards the Food Waste Generation before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Romania

Agronomy, 2022
Food waste represents an important aspect with social, economic, and environmental implications. As previous studies underlined, the COVID-19 pandemic led to changes in the food consumption patterns among consumers.
Iulia C. Muresan, Rezhen Harun, Ileana Andreica, Gabriela O. Chiciudean, Eniko Kovacs, Camelia F. Oroian, Anca Monica Brata, Diana E. Dumitras   +7 more
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Interacting for the environment:Engaging Goffman in pro-environmental action [PDF]

, 2016
Whilst there are profound disagreements about how more sustainable forms of living might be achieved, most research on pro-environmental action recognises it as a fundamentally social challenge – demanding shifts not merely in individuals’ attitudes and ...
(GAP) Global Action Plan, Barr S., Bell M. M., Billig M., Dolan P., Giddens A., Goffman E., Goffman E., Goffman E., Goffman E., Thaler R. H., Tom Hargreaves   +11 more
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The moral side of food waste: concern, involvement, and attitudes

Cleaner and Responsible Consumption
Food waste represents a serious issue for both the environment and society. Previous research has investigated the antecedents of food waste behavior, focusing on various demographic and psychological factors.
Samy Mansouri, Joseph Kaswengi
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Reducing food waste behaviors from the viewpoint of university students through the E-TPB model

Circular Economy
As a significant global issue, food waste has garnered considerable public attention because of food security and environmental sustainability. However, the current study overlooks the food waste behavior of university students in university canteens ...
Yi Li, Yangyang Liang, Danfeng Yu, Liujie Xu, Qingbin Song   +4 more
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Microbial exopolysaccharide production by polyextremophiles in the adaptation to multiple extremes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Polyextremophiles are microorganisms that endure multiple extreme conditions by various adaptation strategies that also include the production of exopolysaccharides (EPSs). This review provides an integrated perspective on EPS biosynthesis, function, and regulation in these organisms, emphasizing their critical role in survival and highlighting their ...
Tracey M Gloster, Ebru Toksoy Öner
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental change and the future of consumption: implications for consumer identity [PDF]

, 2010
Since present levels and types of consumption are not environmentally sustainable, consumers need to become more sensitive to environmental issues and to the political implications of their behavior.
Crane, D. (Diana)
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Transcriptional regulation of neuropeptide receptors underlies context‐dependent adaptation in Drosophila melanogaster

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Under environmental changes, the expression level of neuropeptide (NP) and neuropeptide receptor (NPR) genes changes to confer context‐dependent adaptation to the model organism Drosophila melanogaster. Through finding more regulatory elements in the NPR genes in comparison with their ligands (NPs), we found that NPR‐biased transcriptional regulation ...
SeungHeui Ryu, Yanan Wei, Zekun Wu, Tianmu Zhang, DoHoon Lee, Hadi Najafi, Woo Jae Kim   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Procrastination, control and perceived effort in food waste behaviour [PDF]

RAE: Revista de Administração de Empresas, 2021
Food waste can be observed in the entire food industry, and it negatively impacts the social, environmental and economic spheres. This study aims to identify the predictive factors for such behavior, specifically those relating the propensity to ...
Marconi Freitas da Costa, Patrícia de Oliveira Campos, Poliana Nunes de Santana   +2 more
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Factors Related to Diarrhea in Solor Village Cermee District Bondowoso [PDF]

, 2016
Diarrhea is one major cause of morbidity and mortality in developing countries. In 2013, in the District Cermee Bondowoso determined extraordinary events diarrhea.
Biantoro, B. (Biantoro), Rahman, H. F. (Handono), Siswanto, H. (Heri), Widoyo, S. (Slamet)   +3 more
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