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Program: Reducing food waste in hospitals and aged care facilities

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Nathan Cook attending the Beaker St Festival in Hobart, offers wisdom from his PhD on the massive problem of food waste in hospitals: allow room service! We don’t need the automatic full breakfasts and every other course every day as we recover. Other tips for ordinary households are also intriguing.

End Food Waste Australia

Hospital And Aged Care Sector Action Plan Report 2025

Guest
Nathan Cook
Lecturer in Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences
The University of Queensland
Brisbane QLD

Presenter
Robyn Williams

Producer
David Fisher

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