Also how much do you cook at once. In France it’s common to cook more smaller meals. The care about taste and sophistication is also highly developed in France. It would be interesting to see the numbers for Italy.

Might be related to the culture of cooking and meal preparation.

Richer countries wasting more food, because it’s cheap and abundant makes sense. Brazil has the highest food waste though.

Might this also be connected with availability of food and climate? If food grows all year round and goes bad faster because of a warm and humid climate, it could explain it.

Food waste can happen at many different stages. It might not be economically viable to collect the harvest, if prices are too low. There might not be sufficient transport, storage, and processing available to actually use the food before it goes bad. All of that happens before food even reaches the shop or market.

Growing your own food plays a role in Russia. Many people have their little gardens where they grow stuff for their own use. The amount of waste is possibly much lower from that.

Ice pack on the neck and behind your knees helps if needed.

Happy sweating :)

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