Abstract This research investigates the complex relationships between fast‐food addiction (FFA) and fast food‐anti‐consumption (FFAC). Specifically, we propose an intervening process through which FFA turns into FFAC. Using a randomised sample of 437 respondents from Sichuan Province, China, this study tests how concern about obesity chronic disease arising can lead to Consistent with published...

  Background: Consumer behaviors at the household level have an impact on the quantity of food waste and the economic resources of the family and the country. This study aimed to assess food waste in a random sample of the Libyan community. Methods: A questionnaire was designed for the study and distributed randomly through social media, short message, e-mails, and via face to face interviews ...

In recent years, the problem of food waste has attracted considerable interest from food producers, processors, retailers, and consumers alike. Food waste is considered not only a sustainability problem related to food security, but also an economic problem since it directly impacts the profitability of the whole food supply chain. In developed countries, consumers are one of the main contribut...

Shallow groundwater is heavily contaminated with arsenic in Bangladesh. The results of a total of 77 samples in two studied upazilas Daudkandi and Begumganj showed elevated levels of arsenic contents in tube well water (range: 0.29-0.71 ppm, n = 6), soils (range: 5.64-29.47 ppm DW, n =16), human scalp hair, (range: 2.41-14.91 ppm DW, n = 8), kachu (range: 0.11-3.89 ppm FW, n = 5), water spinach...

The world faces a food security challenge with approximately 868 million people undernourished and about two billion people suffering from the negative health consequences of micronutrient deficiencies. Yet, it is believed that at least 33% of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted along the food chain. As food waste has a negative effect on food security, the present study sough...

Food waste is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States and the City of Oakland. In Oakland, 40.3% of the waste stream is composed of food scraps (StopWaste.org, ES-13). Food waste comes from homes, offices, businesses, and restaurants. Commercial sources are responsible for large quantities of the food waste generated each year. In 2008, 15,179 tons of food waste was gene...

We estimate food waste at the individual household level indirectly using a stochastic production frontier approach. The estimated average percentage of waste is 32.4%. However, by taking proxied physical activities into consideration and utilizing limited information maximum likelihood estimation, our estimate for average household food waste is reduced to 27.6%. We are also able to explore th...

Economic growth inevitably influences the food chain. Growing demand with changes in lifestyle and health consciousness encourage use of packaged and pre-prepared foods. The needs of environmental protection from waste generated are largely overlooked, and a lack of knowledge about the impact on the environment and its health effects constitute food security/safety problems. Food production and...

With high levels of polyphenolic compounds, purple-fleshed sweetpotatoes (PFSP) have been utilized as a healthy food commodity and source of natural food colorants in Asia. In the U.S. sweetpotato industry, there are growing interests in exploring these market opportunities for PFSP. A locally grown PFSP cultivar was analyzed for antioxidant properties. The total phenolic content ranged from 31...

The amount of food discarded by UK households is substantial and, to a large extent, avoidable. Furthermore, such food waste has serious environmental consequences. If household food waste reduction initiatives are to be successful they will need to be informed by people’s motivations and barriers to minimising household food waste. This paper reports a qualitative study of the thoughts, feelin...