Health-promoting Vending Machines: Evaluation of a Pediatric Hospital Intervention

Hulst, Andraea Van; Barnett, Tracie A.; Déry, Véronique; Côté, Geneviève; Colin, Christine

doi:10.3148/74.1.2013.28

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“…The majority of studies were conducted in the United States (n = 56) or Canada (n = 13) . Studies encompassed food service (n = 44), grocery (n = 56), and mixed (n = 7) retail settings including cafeterias (n = 24), full service restaurants (n = 18), corner stores and/or grocery stores (n = 19), supermarkets (n = 16), vending machines (n = 13), quick‐service restaurants (n = 13), and cafés (n = 5) . Approximately half of thes...…”

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Investigating business outcomes of healthy food retail strategies: A systematic scoping review

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Large changes to food retail settings are required to improve population diet.However, limited research has comprehensively considered the business implications of healthy food retail strategies for food retailers. We performed a systematic scoping review to identify types of business outcomes that have been reported in healthy food retail strategy evaluations. Peer-reviewed and grey literature were searched.We identified qualitative or quantitative real-world food or beverage retail strategies designed to improve the healthiness of the consumer nutrition environment (eg, changes to the "marketing mix" of product, price, promotion, and/or placement).Eligible studies reported store-or chain-level outcomes for measures of commercial viability, retailer perspectives, customer perspectives, and/or community outcomes. 11 682 titles and abstracts were screened with 107 studies included for review from 15 countries. Overall item sales, revenue, store patronage, and customer level of satisfaction with strategy were the most frequently examined outcomes. There was a large heterogeneity in outcome measures reported and in favourability for retailers of outcomes across studies. We recommend more consistent reporting of business outcomes and increased development and use of validated and reliable measurement tools. This may help generate more robust research evidence to aid retailers and policymakers to select feasible and sustainable healthy food retail strategies to benefit population health within and across countries.

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“…Such interventions include expanding farmers markets (1), increasing fresh food inventory in small stores (2,3), financing programs to support full-service groceries in underserved communities (4), and initiating healthy vending machine programs (5)(6)(7). Most healthful food interventions focus on school and community settings.…”

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Working With Community Partners to Implement and Evaluate the Chicago Park District’s 100% Healthier Snack Vending Initiative

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“…Promoting healthier choices has proven to be an effective strategy for improving consumer choices in vending machines [ 27 , 30 , 56 ], especially in hospitals. Vending machines offering healthy snacks are feasible in hospital settings [ 62 ]. By altering the availability of foods and drinks by increasing the range of healthier food/drink options and/or decreasing the range of less healthy options, the overall sales of healthier items can increase [ 61 ] with no loss of overall sales volume [ 26 , 63 ].…”

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Sweet, Fat and Salty: Snacks in Vending Machines in Health and Social Care Institutions in Slovenia

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Kupirovič

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Vending machines in health and social care facilities are often the only possible choice for a quick snack for workers and visitors, in many cases providing unhealthy dietary choices. Our study aimed to analyse the variety and nutritional quality of foods available in vending machines placed in social and health care institution in Slovenia. The available snacks were quantitatively assessed, using traffic light profiling. The model used for nutrient profiling was that of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ). Vending machines in 188 institutions were surveyed, resulting in 5625 food-items consisting of 267 unique product labels. Sweet products dominate in vending machines offers (about 70%), while nuts and seeds (8.4%), yoghurts (2.1%), fruits (1.4%) and milk (0.3%) are present in a very small proportion or are not available at all. According to FSANZ, 88.5% of all displayed food items in vending machines can be considered as lower nutritional quality or less healthy products. The authors’ future activities will be focused on ensuring wider availability of healthy dietary choices and on including official guidelines in tender conditions for vending machines in health and social care institutions in Slovenia.

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Health-promoting Vending Machines: Evaluation of a Pediatric Hospital Intervention

Abstract: While the HPVM project had challenges as well as strengths, vending machines offering healthy snacks are feasible in hospital settings.

Cited by 18 publications

References 12 publications

Investigating business outcomes of healthy food retail strategies: A systematic scoping review

Investigating business outcomes of healthy food retail strategies: A systematic scoping review

Working With Community Partners to Implement and Evaluate the Chicago Park District’s 100% Healthier Snack Vending Initiative

Sweet, Fat and Salty: Snacks in Vending Machines in Health and Social Care Institutions in Slovenia

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