Food Waste and Eating Habits in Tokai Ward in Japan

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  • 東海地区における食材・食べ物の廃棄の実情と食スタイルの実態調査

Abstract

The food waste and eating habits of families with students and college staff at 6 universities in Aichi and Gifu prefectures of Japan were investigated. The total number of participants was 711 families involving 2, 553 people. The average weight of food waste was 199 g/person/day, which appears to be less than that of other big cities such as Tokyo and Osaka. Families with cooks over 30 years of age had a higher weight of food waste than the average, while cooks in their teens and twenties showed less than the average. With the exception of single families, the higher the number of family members, the lesser the weights of food waste. The weight of food waste by the citizens of Nagoya was significantly lower than the average, because of the enforced recycling policy for waste materials. The percent age putting food waste out as garbage was 84.8%, and the percent age taking care of food waste by themselves was 19%. The average percentage of meals consumed at home was 74.4%, the highest being breakfast and supper; there was little difference by distinct or number of family members. Families with cooks over 40 years had a strong tendency to consume meals at home and produced less weight of food waste.

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  • CRID
    1390282681310469120
  • NII Article ID
    130003706164
  • DOI
    10.11428/jhej1987.54.907
  • ISSN
    18820352
    09135227
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
    • CiNii Articles
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    Disallowed

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