Mucha László, Oravecz Titanilla
Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 1. Páter K. Str., Gödöllő, 2100, Hungary.
Budapest Business University, 22-24. Diósy L. Str., Budapest, 1165, Hungary.
Sci Rep. 2025 Jan 23;15(1):2991. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-86252-z.
One of the global problems of our time is food waste that is most significant at the household level. There is a lack of research that focus on the food-wasting behavior of the main breadwinner groups in society, generations Y and X. To fill this gap, the purpose of this study is to analyse the factors that influence the food-wasting behavior of these groups. From data of a representative sample of 1,665 respondents by using structural equation modeling it is shown that the intention of reducing food waste is positively influenced by attitudes, health-, price and environmental consciousness, planning routines and ecological motives. The results show that influences from the immediate environment and the media are not effective, therefore programs dealing with the future of the Earth, children and sustainability, which strengthen environmental and ecological awareness and planning routines in generations X and Y are recommended.
我们这个时代的全球性问题之一是食物浪费，而这一现象在家庭层面最为显著。目前缺乏针对社会中主要养家糊口人群（Y 世代和 X 世代）食物浪费行为的研究。为填补这一空白，本研究旨在分析影响这些群体食物浪费行为的因素。通过对 1665 名受访者的代表性样本数据运用结构方程模型分析表明，减少食物浪费的意愿受到态度、健康意识、价格意识、环境意识、规划习惯和生态动机的积极影响。结果显示，直接环境和媒体的影响并不显著，因此建议开展有关地球未来、儿童和可持续发展的项目，以增强 X 世代和 Y 世代的环境和生态意识以及规划习惯。
