Vending Machines - What if There Were None?
Categories: Nutrition & Supplements
Imagine a world where there were no vending machines lurking around every corner, tempting you and your family members with sugary, unwholesome junk. Imagine a world in which your kids ate the healthy fruits and veggies you packed in a brown paper bag with care, instead of chucking them in the nearest garbage bin and punching in some buttons on the nearest machine to score a bag of chips or candy bar. Sounds like a world I'd like to live in -- what about you? But would it work out how we imagine, or would the kids just find other ways to satisfy their junky tastes?
A study from the Journal Of Nutrition shows that if vending machines weren't allowed in school, kids would eat more healthfully. I guess that's not really too surprising -- if kids are hungry enough, they'll eat what they're given -- but now that there are some official-sounding statistics on this, hopefully the vending machine will start to die a slow and painful death.
(via Calorie Lab.)
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
u262f 12-29-2008 @ 4:04PM
Vending machines by themselves aren't the problem per se. It's what they put in them. I prefer to imagine the vending machines stocked with items like dried fruits and unsalted nuts rather than removed completely. Better yet, replace the vending machines with the refrigerated units that carry fresh fruits and snack vegetables like baby carrots, celery sticks, cherry tomatoes, etc.
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