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Nutritional, economic, and environmental costs of milk waste in a classroom school breakfast program

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  • Blondin, S.A.
  • Cash, S.B.
  • Goldberg, J.P.
  • Griffin, T.S.
  • Economos, C.D.

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Objectives. To measure fluid milk waste in a US School Breakfast in the Classroom Program and estimate its nutritional, economic, and environmental effects. Methods. Fluidmilkwastewasdirectlymeasuredon60elementaryschoolclassroomdaysin a medium-sized, urban district. The US Department of Agriculture nutrition database, district cost data, and carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions and water footprint estimates for fluid milkwere usedtocalculate theassociatednutritional,economic,andenvironmental costs. Results. Of the total milk offered to School Breakfast Program participants, 45% was wasted. A considerably smaller portion of served milk was wasted (26%).The amount of milk wasted translated into 27% of vitamin D and 41% of calcium required of School Breakfast Program meals.The economic and environmental costs amounted to an estimated $274 782 (16% of the district's total annual School Breakfast Program food expenditures), 644 893 kilograms of CO2e, and 192 260 155 liters of water over the school year in the district. Conclusions. These substantial effects of milk waste undermine the School Breakfast Program's capacity to ensure short-and long-term food security and federal food waste reduction targets. Interventions that reduce waste are urgently needed.

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  • Blondin, S.A. & Cash, S.B. & Goldberg, J.P. & Griffin, T.S. & Economos, C.D., 2017. "Nutritional, economic, and environmental costs of milk waste in a classroom school breakfast program," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 107(4), pages 590-592.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2016.303647_5
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303647
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    1. Abdulkadir Atalan, 2023. "Forecasting drinking milk price based on economic, social, and environmental factors using machine learning algorithms," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 39(1), pages 214-241, January.
    2. Sara A. Elnakib & Virginia Quick & Mariel Mendez & Shauna Downs & Olivia A. Wackowski & Mark G. Robson, 2021. "Food Waste in Schools: A Pre-/Post-test Study Design Examining the Impact of a Food Service Training Intervention to Reduce Food Waste," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(12), pages 1-13, June.

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