Behavioral impacts on residential food provisioning, use, and waste during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic caused unprecedented disruptions to food systems, leading to both food shortages and food waste across the supply chain. These disruptions have, in turn, altered how people consume and then ultimately discard food. To better understand these impacts, their underlying drivers, and their sustainability implications, this study surveyed U.S. consumers about food purchasing, use, and waste behaviors during the pandemic. Survey respondents reported an increase in overall food purchases and a slight decrease in food waste generation due to the pandemic, but the linkages between these outcomes and underlying behaviors were complex. For instance, reduced household food waste was significantly correlated with an increase in behaviors such as meal planning, preserving foods, an

SUBMITTER: Babbitt CW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8536943 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature