ArticleCurrent developments in nutrition2025
Food Waste among Young Adults: Behaviors, Barriers, and Opportunities for Intervention.
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- Smart Consumption, Less Waste: The Role of Digital Technologies in Consumer Food Waste Reduction-A Systematic Literature Review.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Nudging Toward Sustainable and Healthy Diets: A Randomized Trial of Young Adults.Current developments in nutrition · 2026Article
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Abstract
Background: Reducing food waste is critical for protecting planetary and human health. Given that young adulthood is often a formative period for learning food management skills, young adults are a key demographic to study to better understand and intervene on food waste-related behaviors. Objectives: To describe food waste behaviors and barriers to reducing food waste among young adults. Methods: A cross-sectional online survey with a convenience sample ( Results: Roughly 1-quarter (26%) of participants reported high food waste (≥30% of food wasted). Three-quarters of participants (77%) reported concern with food waste, and half (45%) reported being likely to reduce their food waste in the next 30 days. Non-Hispanic Black participants reported higher food waste than non-Hispanic White participants, whereas participants meeting financial needs with a little left over reported less food waste than those reporting comfortable financial situations (all Conclusions: Food waste varied by race and perceived financial situation. Barriers to reducing food waste could be addressed with environmental interventions that make it easier to save food for later and educational campaigns on why and how to reduce food waste.
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