How to understand the psychological drivers of household food waste

IF 3.8 2区医学 Q1 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Appetite Pub Date : 2025-09-13 DOI:10.1016/j.appet.2025.108309

Katy Tapper , Bethan Thompson , Christian Reynolds , Rosie Morrison , Emma Leask , Luiza Toma

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Abstract

We need to reduce household food waste, but the complexity of its determinants makes this difficult. Here we put forward a model for understanding some of the key behavioural and psychological drivers thought to promote or undermine food waste reduction. The model draws on multiple theories and integrates reflective processes (e.g., the influence of goals and outcome expectancies on planning behaviours) with automatic processes (e.g., habitual behaviours), psychological traits (e.g., self-efficacy and disgust sensitivity) and environmental influences (e.g., stress and time pressure). It leads us to identify two important potential levers for change: promoting shorter term, flexible meal planning and changing the way we feel about food waste.

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如何理解家庭食物浪费的心理驱动因素。

我们需要减少家庭食物浪费，但其决定因素的复杂性使这一目标难以实现。在这里，我们提出了一个模型来理解一些关键的行为和心理驱动因素，这些因素被认为是促进或破坏减少食物浪费的因素。该模型借鉴了多种理论，将反思过程（如目标和结果预期对计划行为的影响）与自动过程（如习惯行为）、心理特征（如自我效能感和厌恶敏感性）和环境影响（如压力和时间压力）相结合。它让我们确定了两个重要的潜在变革杠杆：促进短期、灵活的膳食计划和改变我们对食物浪费的看法。

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Appetite 医学-行为科学

CiteScore

9.10

自引率

11.10%

发文量

566

审稿时长

13.4 weeks

期刊介绍： Appetite is an international research journal specializing in cultural, social, psychological, sensory and physiological influences on the selection and intake of foods and drinks. It covers normal and disordered eating and drinking and welcomes studies of both human and non-human animal behaviour toward food. Appetite publishes research reports, reviews and commentaries. Thematic special issues appear regularly. From time to time the journal carries abstracts from professional meetings. Submissions to Appetite are expected to be based primarily on observations directly related to the selection and intake of foods and drinks; papers that are primarily focused on topics such as nutrition or obesity will not be considered unless they specifically make a novel scientific contribution to the understanding of appetite in line with the journal's aims and scope.