Vending Machines in Schools

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Vending Machines in Schools

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Write about why vending machines are not healthy food

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The eating habits of young people are highly influenced by the environment in which they are residing which avails different kinds of foods. Food vending machines in schools have significantly dictated the dietary consumption of young individuals and they remain a fundamental cause of the inadequacies experienced in children’s diets. The kind of food provided within these machines affects the levels of consumption of the foods that are available. Many of the machines sell foods of minimal nutritional value (FMV) and hence affect the dietary intake of students (Rovner, Nansel, Wang, & Iannotti, 2011).

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