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ArticleNutrients2025

Revisiting Additional Outcomes in Food Waste Studies: Evidence from Low-Income Households in Chile.

María Isabel Sactic, Andres Silva

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Article in Nutrients, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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María Isabel SacticEscuela de Nutrición y Dietética, Facultad de Ciencias de la Rehabilitación y Calidad de Vida, Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago 7510157, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-1676-6305
Andres SilvaEscuela de Nutrición y Dietética, Facultad de Ciencias de la Rehabilitación y Calidad de Vida, Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago 7510157, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-4816-2821

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Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo FONDECYT de Iniciación 2020 - 11201115
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

objectivePrevious research has measured the impact of interventions on food purchases and food waste separately. Moreover, food waste studies have rarely included food insecurity measurements, which could help develop more comprehensive interventions. The aim of this article is to evaluate the effect of educational videos on food and fruit and vegetable purchases, waste and food insecurity in low-income households.

methodsThis study uses an experimental design involving low-income households in Chile to evaluate the effects of three educational videos: videos of (T0) recipes using regular fruits, (T1) refrigerator cleaning instructions, and (T2) recipes using overripe fruits.

resultsThe videos featuring fruit-based recipes (T0 and T2) increased fruit purchases and reduced fruit waste. In contrast, vegetable purchases and waste increased, especially under the recipe-based interventions. All interventions led to a decrease in food insecurity.

conclusionsAn intervention that leads to a reduction in fruit waste can also hide an increase on vegetable waste, as well as changes on purchases and a decrease of prevalence of food insecurity. These findings highlight the importance of measuring fruit and vegetable purchases and food insecurity as complementary outcomes in food waste studies.

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Consumer BehaviorFood InsecurityFood SupplyPovertyAdultChileFamily CharacteristicsFemaleFood Loss and WasteFruitHumansMaleVegetablesFood Loss and Wastefood insecurityfood wastefruit and vegetable purchaseshousehold behaviorODS2randomized experiment

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