Examining Nutrition and Food Waste Trade-offs Using an Obesity Prevention Context

Brenna Ellison, Melissa Pflugh Prescott

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Abstract

Obesity and food waste are related issues, both exacerbated by an overabundance of food. Efforts to reduce food waste can have varying unintended, obesity-related consequences, which further underscores the need for a systems approach to food waste reduction. Yet, these 2 issues are rarely examined together. It is the authors’ point of view that for nutrition educators and other public health practitioners to develop interventions that simultaneously address food waste and obesity, they need to understand how actions at the consumer-level may impact waste and its related food system consequences earlier in the supply chain.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)434-444
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
Volume53
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2021

Keywords

  • cooking
  • food waste
  • obesity
  • sustainability
  • systems

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Medicine (miscellaneous)

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