Alexandre Dos Santos, Isabel Carolina Lima Dos Santos, Paula Maria de Souza Mendonça, Juliana Cristina Dos Santos, Antonio José Vinha Zanuncio, José Cola Zanuncio, Ronald Zanetti
Colony identity clues for Syntermes grandis (Blattodea: Termitidae) individuals using near-infrared spectroscopy and PLS-DA approach
Environmental entomology
food waste globally affects food security sustainability currently studies focusing food waste schools present study aimed determine meal quality plate waste school lunch programme thailand crosssectional study conducted canteens representing kindergarten elementary schools southern thailand within reallife context assessment carried five consecutive school days julyaugust 2020 school two types menus including rice side dish onedish meal served waste collection quantification conducted selective aggregate weighing according food loss waste protocol lunch menus contained excess rice insufficient meats fruits vegetables eggs regarding national lunch standard serving portion 733 rice 922 meats 765 vegetables 119 fruits 314 eggs discarded plate waste rice side dish menus 1029 onedish meals 717 estimation kindergartener generated 714 g plate waste daily accounting caloric monetary values 146 kcal 016 us dollar amount plate waste respective caloric monetary losses less obvious elementary school plate waste affected adequacy food intakes schoolchildren lunch meals data obtained present study useful planning implementation school lunch programme thailand countries similar context