user: Q: Pope Francis said consumerism has made people used to wasting food. Said people should not throw away leftover food as 'our grandparents' did. U.N-backed study said better storage. and reducing over-sized portions would sharply reduce the vast amount of. food going to waste. Diners in U.S. restaurants waste 9 per cent of the meals, according to study.
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A: By. Becky Evans. PUBLISHED:. 11:24 EST, 5 June 2013. |. UPDATED:. 11:24 EST, 5 June 2013. Pope Francis launched a stinging attack on the 'culture of waste' today and said throwing good food away is like stealing from the poor. The pope made the comments during his weekly audience in St Peter's Square and criticised the culture of an increasingly consumerist world. He said: 'Our grandparents used to make a point of not throwing away leftover food. Consumerism has made us accustomed to wasting food daily and we are unable to see its real value. The pope urged people not to waste food and said doing so was like stealing from the poor and hungry. 'Throwing away food is like stealing from the table of those who are poor and hungry.' The comments are his latest call for greater social responsibility among the world's 1.2billion Roman Catholics. Since. taking office in March, Pope Francis has said he wants the Church to. defend the poor and to practise greater austerity itself. He has also made several calls for global financial reform. Around 1.3billion tonnes of food, or one third of what is produced for human consumption, gets lost or wasted every year, according to the United Nations' food agency. In the industrialised world the majority of waste is by consumers, often because they buy too much and have to throw away what they do not manage to eat. U.N. study found about 1.3billion tonnes of food is wasted every year. A U.N.-backed study released today said simple measures such as better storage and reducing over-sized portions would sharply reduce the vast amount of food going to waste. In U.S. restaurants, diners wasted nine per cent of the meals they bought, partly because of a trend to increase the size of everything from cheeseburgers to soft drinks, said the report by the World Resources Institute and the U.N. Environment Programme. Pope Francis said the 'culture of waste' was especially deplorable given the prevalence of hunger in the world. The United Nations says hunger affects some 870million people, while 2billion suffer from at least one nutritional deficiency. The Argentinian-born pontiff warned that too much focus on money and materialism meant financial market dips were viewed as tragedies while human suffering had become normal and ignored. 'In this way people are discarded as if they were garbage,' he said.


Q: QPR are currently bottom of the Premier League. Harry Redknapp insisted he is not feeling the pressure. Redknapp said he is unconcerned about signing a new contract.
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assistant: Harry Redknapp insists he is not feeling the pressure as the uncertainty over his future persists. The Queens Park Rangers boss is favourite to be the next top-flight boss to be sacked after a disappointing start to the season. Plans to extend his contract have been shelved by owner Tony Fernandes - but Redknapp revealed he is going for dinner with the QPR owner to discuss the situation. VIDEOS Scroll down to watch. Harry Redknapp's side are currently bottom of the Premier League with just one win from seven games. He said: 'It is up to Tony what he does. If he is not happy come and talk to me - I'm a big boy. I'm going for dinner with him tonight. I'm not going to be there buying him dinner to keep my job - I will let him buy dinner.' The west London club are currently bottom of the Premier League, but the former Tottenham boss insisted he is not feeling the pressure. He said: 'What is real pressure? I don't feel under pressure. We've played seven games - it's not easy. 'No one is moping around. 'I wasn't bothered about signing a new contract. What are contracts? If you get the sack, you get whatever you get. Contracts mean nothing. 'I don't need assurances from anybody.' Tony Fernandes had intended to offer Redknapp a new contract, but those plans have now been shelved. Harry Redknapp and Glenn Hoddle, both former Tottenham bosses, watch on as QPR players train. Queens Park Rangers players train ahead of their weekend game against Brendan Rodgers' Liverpool. Karl Henry battles for the ball with summer signing and Chilean midfielder Eduardo Vargas. Former Chelsea and Manchester City midfielder Shaun Wright-Phillips takes a shot in training. Former Tottenham players Steven Caulker and Sandro train together in west London. Charlie Austin initially struggled this season but has shown signs he is starting to find some form. The QPR squad warm down at the Imperial College Sports Ground in London.