Die Einnahme von GLP-1-Medikamenten gegen Fettleibigkeit (z. B. Ozempic) hat dazu geführt, dass einige Erwachsene in den USA mehr Lebensmittel weggeworfen haben, als sie vor Beginn der Medikamente weggeworfen hatten: In der Umfrage stimmten 25 % der Befragten zu, dass sie mehr Lebensmittel verschwendet hatten, verglichen mit 61 %, die dem nicht zustimmten. Menschen mit Übelkeit berichteten häufiger über eine erhöhte Lebensmittelverschwendung.
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Open access article published in Nutrients: [https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/16/19/3274](https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/16/19/3274)
Maybe ask them again after a few months, and not just when they are starting. *they did, and there is less waste.
IMO if you’re taking in more calories than you need (ie turning it into adipose tissue and increasing the likelihood of health problems), that is also waste. Consuming more than your body should have does not benefit anyone and is not a better option than throwing it in the garbage.
I would also question whether this is a short term issue. Do people in the long term (lets say after being on the meds for a year), purchase less food?
Food waste is a genuinely a serious problem, but much more tractable problem than obesity and its consequences. I’m glad this is on our radar so that we can begin public efforts to address it.
Hopefully they get to a point where they are buying less food, for less food waste.
Even in the summary from the title, the study doesn’t seem to say what the title says it says. It sounds like the only survey question was “Do you waste more food than you did before the drug?” and 25%–way less than half the sample–agreed. So perhaps that other 75% (and who are the last few percent not accounted for by the 25% and 61%? Even the full-text study doesn’t seem to say) reduced their food waste to the point where overall food waste was lower after starting the drug. Without actually measuring food waste or asking more specific questions, this result seems very hard to interpret.
If I only eat half the burger and half the fries is that considered waste?
I would hope that this is short-lived waste and once the person gets used to their new appetite size, they will purchase and order less. I know I did. I’m also not too good for leftovers, so that helps a lot.
What a poor/misleading title. Seems like bias on behalf of writers to couch this as agree or disagree when the plurality choice could further be split into generating the same level or even less food waste. Seems entirely possible that more than 25% of respondents generate less food waste after starting the therapy.
I imagine that’s just at first. It takes a while to adjust to your body’s changing needs. If my husband wasn’t such a garbage disposal I would have wasted a lot of food when I started Adderall, but now I know how much I want/am able to eat so I don’t have excess.
If all the things with Ozempic this is the dumbest to report on. Yes, people eating less have to relearn habits for shopping and cooking.
The real issue is it’s mental impact. I expect it to begin being outlawed in 2025 outside the US.
Likely an infinitesimal contribution to the MASSIVE food waste in America, so really just influence chasing.
So… They didn’t even track food waste; just asked people if they thought they were wasting more food.
I’m in the wrong kind of science. Publishing takes WORK in my area.
anecdotally we had to toss a lot of stuff. it’s weird. you just don’t think about food as much, and things spoil.
If you bought too much of something and know it will go bad before you can finish please donate to a local food pantry/community kitchens/or shelters. If it’s due to sudden and severe health issues maybe a friend, family, staff member could help deliver it to them. Heck if its fruits/veg that has gone bad you can give it to a gardener, farmer if you dont have the ground space for composting.
I’ve been on GLP-1’s for 3 months, and my biggest observation is that I eat a lot less and so many restaurant meals portions are way too much.
I think I am recalibrating what my plate size needs to be. Restaurants are the real trouble. I’ll go out and order without knowing how big of a plate I am getting. Some leftovers come home and never get eaten.
There’s also class action lawsuits starting for GLP-1 drugs (e.g. Ozempic) for a slew of adverse effects. No one should be taking this for weight loss. There is no quick fix for weight loss that won’t have potentially horrible adverse effects.
Eating more food that you need is still waste, but actually worse than just throwing it out.
The equivalent with gasoline would be comparing pointless driving around to dumping gas on a forest and lighting it on fire.
Eating yourself into an early grave to avoid waste is not helping anything.
Small price to pay. Landfill or sewers, the extra food was wasteful and their buying habits will change as they get used to lower appetites.