title: Evaluation Model of Plate Waste to Monitor Food Consumption in Two Different Catering Settings.
abstract: An increasing number of people regularly eats lunch away from home, using catering services. In this context, therefore, it is extremely important to improve the meals' quality, remaining faithful to the principles of hygiene, nutritional and organoleptic quality and proper food handling. At the same time, it is necessary to promote food choices, nutritionally correct, by evaluations of appropriateness of menus. The study of food waste allows an evaluation of the nutritional habits of consumers and an important economic consideration of the costs incurred for the implementation of the service. This becomes even more important in some particularly sensitive groups, such as children and elderly. The purpose of this work is to test a model of semi-quantitative evaluation of waste to monitor food consumption in two different catering contexts (educational and business), in order to improve the service for school students and other consumers.
authors: Centro Studi per la Sicurezza Alimentare, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana , Roma, Italy.
authors: Stefano
authors: S
authors: Saccares
authors: Nutritional Consultant , Ariccia (RM), Italy.
authors: Umberto
authors: U
authors: Scognamiglio
authors: Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e Malattie Infettive, Università di Roma La Sapienza , Italy.
authors: Catia
authors: C
authors: Moroni
authors: Facoltà di Medicina e Psicologia, Università di Roma La Sapienza , Italy.
authors: Alessandra
authors: A
authors: Marani
authors: Facoltà di Medicina e Psicologia, Università di Roma La Sapienza , Italy.
authors: Veronica
authors: V
authors: Calcaterra
authors: Facoltà di Medicina e Psicologia, Università di Roma La Sapienza , Italy.
authors: Mariano
authors: M
authors: Amendola
authors: Facoltà di Medicina e Psicologia, Università di Roma La Sapienza , Italy.
authors: Giulia
authors: G
authors: Civitelli
authors: Facoltà di Medicina e Psicologia, Università di Roma La Sapienza , Italy.
authors: Maria Sofia
authors: MS
authors: Cattaruzza
authors: Centro Studi per la Sicurezza Alimentare, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana , Roma, Italy.
authors: Arianna
authors: A
authors: Ermenegildi
authors: Centro Studi per la Sicurezza Alimentare, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana , Roma, Italy.
authors: Valeria
authors: V
authors: Morena
keywords: Food consumption; Healthy diet; Hospital catering; Plate waste; School catering