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A National Strategy to Reduce Food Waste at the Consumer Level (Paperback)
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Approximately 30 percent of the edible food produced in the United
States is wasted and a significant portion of this waste occurs at
the consumer level. Despite food's essential role as a source of
nutrients and energy and its emotional and cultural importance,
U.S. consumers waste an estimated average of 1 pound of food per
person per day at home and in places where they buy and consume
food away from home. Many factors contribute to this
waste?consumers behaviors are shaped not only by individual and
interpersonal factors but also by influences within the food
system, such as policies, food marketing and the media. Some food
waste is unavoidable, and there is substantial variation in how
food waste and its impacts are defined and measured. But there is
no doubt that the consequences of food waste are severe: the
wasting of food is costly to consumers, depletes natural resources,
and degrades the environment. In addition, at a time when the
COVID-19 pandemic has severely strained the U.S. economy and
sharply increased food insecurity, it is predicted that food waste
will worsen in the short term because of both supply chain
disruptions and the closures of food businesses that affect the way
people eat and the types of food they can afford. A National
Strategy to Reduce Food Waste at the Consumer Level identifies
strategies for changing consumer behavior, considering interactions
and feedbacks within the food system. It explores the reasons food
is wasted in the United States, including the characteristics of
the complex systems through which food is produced, marketed, and
sold, as well as the many other interconnected influences on
consumers' conscious and unconscious choices about purchasing,
preparing, consuming, storing, and discarding food. This report
presents a strategy for addressing the challenge of reducing food
waste at the consumer level from a holistic, systems perspective.
Table of Contents Front Matter Summary 1 Introduction 2
Understanding Food Waste, Consumers, and the U.S. Food Environment
3 Drivers of Food Waste at the Consumer Level and Implications for
Intervention Design 4 Interventions to Reduce Food Waste at the
Consumer Level 5 Strategy for Reducing Food Waste at the Consumer
Level 6 A Research Agenda for Improving Interventions to Reduce
Food Waste and Their Implementation Appendix A: Public Session
Agendas Appendix B: Literature Search Approach Appendix C:
Additional Information on Food Waste Appendix D: Interventions to
Reduce Food Waste at the Consumer Level: Examples from the
Literature Appendix E: Research on Behavioral Change from Other
Domains Appendix F: Committee Member Biographical Sketches Appendix
G: Glossary
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