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Did You Know..
A Nationwide Survey of Vending Machines in Middle Schools & High Schools:
75 percent of the drinks and 85 percent of the snacks sold are high in calories and are of poor nutritional value. The study, of 1,420 machines in 251 schools, was organized by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) and conducted by 120 volunteers
Question: How Many Items Do They Buy?
71% reported buying sugar-sweetened sodas or other beverages, 68% bought one to three vending machine items and 79% of 141 students who bought four or more.
Question: What Do They Buy?
75 percent of drinks and 85 percent of snacks in school vending machines are unhealthy with three times as many students buying sugar sweetened beverages as compared to any other foods or drinks.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) reported in 2004 that of 9,723 snack slots in all the vending machines surveyed, only 26 slots contained fruits or vegetables
Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Richard_Lipman_M.D.
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