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Dining out, the missing food consumption in China

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  • Junfei Bai
  • Caiping Zhang
  • Thomas Wahl
  • James Seale Jr.

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Food security concern in China is also the world’s concern. Studies on food consumption in the past, however, often neglected the increasing food consumed away from home (FAFH). Drawn on a survey data recently conducted in nine cities by a week-long diary method, we found that FAFH in urban China accounts for a significant proportion of total food consumption, although its share varies by food category. With substantial expected income growth, overall FAFH consumption will likely continue to rise, but would be negatively affected by the rapid societal aging process, both in dining out probability and per capita consumption level. The main findings of this study have implications for food processing and service industries as well as for studies in food-related environmental issues.

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  • Junfei Bai & Caiping Zhang & Thomas Wahl & James Seale Jr., 2016. "Dining out, the missing food consumption in China," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(15), pages 1084-1087, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:23:y:2016:i:15:p:1084-1087
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2015.1136388
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    1. Bai, Junfei & Seale Jr, James L. & Wahl, Thomas I., 2020. "Meat demand in China: to include or not to include meat away from home?," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 64(1), January.
    2. Long Qian & Feng Li & Hongbo Liu & Lingen Wang, 2022. "Are the Slimmer More Wasteful? The Correlation between Body Mass Index and Food Wastage among Chinese Youth," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(3), pages 1-18, January.

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