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A Survey on the Dietary Home Lifestyle for the Reduction of Food Wastes by the Period of Food Purchase  

Shin, Eun-Mi (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Daejeon University)
Park, Sang-Wook (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Hannam University)
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The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition / v.19, no.3, 2006 , pp. 332-341 More about this Journal
Abstract
The goal of this study was to determine a method of reducing food wastes in the dietary home lifestyle. Statistical analyses were conducted of 491 questionnaires answered by housekeepers living in Daejeon city. The data were analyzed by SAS program and the results are summarized as follows. Among the respondents, 51.53% answered that they purchased the foods in consideration of the family number, 60.45% that they occasionally throw away foods because the date of expiry had passed, i.e., the foods threw away by mistake of storage, 68.23% that they make side dishes at a time for three meals in a day, 52.95% that they make three or four kinds of side dishes, 82.28% that they prepared meals according to the favorite foods of the family, 48.04% that they left food at home, and 47.32% that they threw away foods because too many foods had been prepared. The major reasons for food wastes at home were listed as meal leftovers (32.72%), vegetable trimming (31.29%), and non-planned purchase (25.77 %). The perception of housekeepers on the reduction of food waste were listed as the preparation of accurate meal quantity (50.92%), planned purchase (28.31%), development of recycling foods (14.05%), and reduction of side dishes (6.72%). Further reduction of food wastes of dietary home lifestyle can be summarized to emphasize the preparation of accurate meal quantity, planned purchase, development of recycling foods, and reduction of side dishes. In addition, studies should be conducted to examine the systematic administration method and standard education for the reduction of food wastes.
Keywords
reduction of food wastes; dietary home lifestyle; perception of housekeepers;
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