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Nutrition And Dietetics








 14.5 MILLION TONS OF FOOD GO TO WASTE EVERY YEAR!


The balance of food waste, which occurs due to reasons such as rotting of foods while harvesting or not consuming products by excessive shopping, results in 1 out of every 3 foods produced in the world going to waste. Zeynep Türkmen, Head of Cooking Department at Istanbul Gelisim University, stated that reducing food waste will create a positive social and environmental impact as well as economic benefits.