A recent study shows 50 percent of all food produced on the planet goes in the trash . Over every month , food waste and obesity have nearly doubled at equal rates . The average dinner plate size expanded by 36 percent the past two decades . In the United States more than 17.5 million kilograms of food is thrown out between 1960 and 2007 . 36 percent of all food produced on the planet goes in the trash .
Over every month , food waste and obesity have nearly doubled at equal rates . The average dinner plate size expanded by 36 percent the past two decades . In the United States more than 17.5 million kilograms of food is thrown out between 1960 and 2007 . 36 percent of all food produced on the planet goes in the trash .