EATING HABITS ON FOOD WASTE BEHAVIOR IN FOOD DELIVERY HOUSEHOLDS

Abstract

The impact of food waste behavior indirectly results in environmental impacts that occur in the process of food production, storage, transportation, and waste management. A person's food disposal behavior is related to self-regulation which plays a role in the regulation of meal timing, the amount of intake, and food preferences. The study aimed to determine the effect of eating behavior on food waste behavior conducted by distributing questionnaires to 100 household managers who used food delivery service applications to serve family meals. Household characteristics show that the average number of family members is mostly inhabited by three people with an average food expenditure in households of 54% of the UMR of Bogor City per month with the age of household managers at the prime age of female sex. Most use one type of delivery application with the gofood application is the most chosen application with a frequency of online shopping 1-3 times a month. The staple food type is the most purchased food at dinner and the average food spends. Households that do not finish their food treat their leftovers by storing them in the refrigerator. Based on the average results, the score shows that most households have good eating behavior and food waste behavior. Eating behavior affects food waste behavior in households using food delivery applications with a significance value of p < 0.05 and an R Square value which means eating behavior affects food waste behavior >50%. However, healthy consumption patterns can be reversed in everyday life in order to reduce food waste in households.