Punit Tyagi, Mangesh Bhide
Development of a bioinformatics platform for analysis of quantitative transcriptomics and proteomics data: the OMnalysis
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determine barriers motivators perspectives regarding plate waste reduction early adolescents trained interviewers conducted audiorecorded individual interviews adolescents elementary schools implementing national school lunch program hawaii montana virginia early adolescents n 47 aged 913 years families receiving eligible receive supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits recruited participate factors influencing plate waste among adolescents potential plate waste reduction strategies coders analyzed content thematic data identify code categories themes main barriers reducing school lunch plate waste unsupportive school policy undesirable food quality satiation social influences key motivators reducing school lunch plate waste supportive school policy including allowing students share food peers save food eat later social influences participants found acceptable throw away disliked food unacceptable throw away wanted food perceived peers care whether food thrown away thought parents disliked wasting food results suggest several factors might allow minimization school lunch plate waste national school lunch program including improvements food quality food policy social influences important themes strategies employ may include improving food preparation taste allocating time students finish lunch allowing students selfselect food lunch items permitting share save leftover food