Does plate waste matter?: A two-stage cluster survey to assess the household plate waste in the Philippines [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2023 Background Plate waste is an urgent global public health problem. Gaining better knowledge of the quantity and patterns of plate waste among households may give critical insights into resolving the greater problem of unnecessary plate waste.
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Child-Driven Assessment of Plate Waste and Food-Waste Awareness in Primary Schools [PDF]
FoodsFood waste in school canteens is widely recognized as a significant issue because of its economic consequences, environmental impact, and implications for children’s health.
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Preference for fruits and vegetables is linked to plate waste among preschool children [PDF]
SSM: Population Health, 2021 Background: A large portion of preschool-aged children in the United States (US) do not consume enough fruits and vegetables (FV). It is important for childcare providers to know what food choices children in their care are making at mealtime and how to ...
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Quantifying hospital plate waste and identifying its correlates from patients’ perspectives in Lebanon [PDF]
Scientific ReportsHospital plate waste poses a major challenge facing the present food systems, as providing meals that meet the nutritional requirements and expectations of the patients remains complex for hospital food services.
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Plate waste of adults in the United States measured in free-living conditions. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 We analyze food-item level data collected from 50 adults from the United States using the Remote Food Photography Method® to provide the first estimates of plate waste gathered from adults across multiple consecutive meals and days in free-living ...
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Plate waste in hospital canteens: a nutritional and environmental analysis in north-eastern Italy [PDF]
Frontiers in NutritionIntroductionSince the later a food is wasted the greater is its environmental impact, plate waste assessment is crucial to achieve a responsible consumption and production.
Federica Fiori +13 more
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Nutritional quality of lunch meals and plate waste in school lunch programme in Southern Thailand [PDF]
Journal of Nutritional Science, 2022 Food waste globally affects food security and sustainability. There currently are few studies focusing on food waste in schools. The present study aimed to determine the meal quality and plate waste in school lunch programme in Thailand.
Jaruneth Petchoo +2 more
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Reducing Plate Waste in Latvian Schools: Evaluating Interventions to Promote Sustainable Food Consumption Practices [PDF]
FoodsFood waste (FW) threatens food security, environmental sustainability, and economic efficiency, with about one-third of global food production lost or wasted.
Jelena Lonska +6 more
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Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights, 2021 The harmful tourist behaviour of taking a lot of food from a buffet, but not eating it all, remains under-researched. This study gains key insights into drivers of plate waste. Observational data show that: dinner buffets are worse than breakfast buffets;
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Using social norms to reduce plate waste in corporate dining [PDF]
Scientific ReportsFood waste is a massive global issue, resulting in unnecessary carbon emissions and unnecessary costs. Because of their scale, corporate dining settings have a major role to play in reducing food waste.
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