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Default New York Times -- Excess consumption by Americans said to cause food shortages

Ali wrote:
> Bit of a crap post really.
>
> What is meant by the US uses or throws away 3770 calories per person?
> Does this include waste food and drink from retailers? Is this uses,
> or is thrown away? Does this include trimming the fat off meat?
> Etc...
>

Similarly, I heard last night that people in a UK household throw away 1/3rd
of their food a month. Who conducts these studies?! Who was going through
trash bins to figure out how much was bought, used, consumed vs. discarded?

Jill