Investigation of the Volume of Food Waste in Qaem and Imam Reza Hospitals in Mashhad, Iran

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Department of Nutrition, MSC student of Nutrition Science, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences(MUMS), Mashhad, Iran.

2 Department of Nutrition, MSC student of Nutrition Science, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences(MUMS), Mashhad, Iran

3 1) Department of Nutrition, MSC of Nutrition Science, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences(MUMS), Mashhad, Iran

4 Department of Clinical Nutrition, MD, PhD candidate in nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences(MUMS), Mashhad, Iran

5 Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition, MD, PhD Associated professor in Nutrition Science, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences(MUMS), Mashhad, Iran

Abstract

Objective: Food waste is a progressive concern and is contributed to reduce energy and protein intake. The aim of this study is to investigate the amount of food waste in different wards of Qaem and Imam Reza hospitals of Mashhad. Design and subjects: This cross-sectional study was performed during one week in the Imam Reza and Qaem hospitals. The study population consisted  of 425 patients in some wards of two hospitals. We selected participants non-randomly from patients who are hospitalized in two hospitals. The rate of food waste was measured just in lunch meal by using the food residual observational check list. All statistical analyses were done through SPSS version 16. Descriptive statistic was used to define baseline characteristics. Independent sample T-test was used for comparison of food waste between main course and appetizer, crosstab and chi-square test for comparing the main course and appetizer waste based on sex, hospitals and wards and ANOVA used for comparison of age between different degrees of food waste. Results: In this study 13.9% of the patients left their food in plate entirely. Food wastage in appetizer was significantly higher than main course (P < 0.001). Also less patients in Qaem hospital than Imam Reza left all of their food (27.84 vs 22%) (p=0.003). Food wastage in the Heart ward was significantly higher than other wards (P=0.006). Conclusion: Food waste vary by the different hospitals and wards, so in order to decrease the food waste, serving meals based on the wards and patient requirements is a good solution.

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Journal of Nutrition,Fasting and Health
Volume 5, Issue 4
December 2017
Pages 178-183

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  • Receive Date: 25 May 2018
  • Revise Date: 23 June 2018
  • Accept Date: 30 June 2018

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