One of those only too obvious scientific conclusions, perhaps?
With steadily rising obesity rates now topping sixteen percent among American teens, an increasing amount of thought is going into just how to reverse this dangerous trend and quell the consumption of foods seen as most actively contributing to it. All foods do, of course. But some much more than others, and foods long categorized as “junk” foods — those unconscionably ladened with unhealthy amounts of fats and empty calories — are at the head of any elimination list.
The results of a recently published nutrition study show that — no surprise — having candy bars, cookies, potato chips and sugary soft drinks in the home greatly increases the odds of such foods being consumed by children, especially if the adults themselves regularly do so. Conclusion? Parents serious about reducing the weight of their children will need to remove tempting junk foods from the home entirely.
The report recommends stocking pantries with healthier food and drink items in place of the offending cookies, etc., and suggests that junk foods only be purchased, if at all, on special occasions.
YoNaturals, along with local distributors and hosts of our healthy-vending machines have long recognized that providing healthier choices is a sound way to influence consumers to do the right thing and consume more of what’s wholesome and less of what isn’t. Each YoZone, YoHungry and YoThirsty vending machine that is placed in an office, school or other public place results in better average nutrition for those who depend on vending machines for part of overall nutrition needs.
Stocking selections of the three hundred plus healthier food and beverage items distributed by YoNaturals, our machines accomplish miracles in improving diets — simply by making better nutrition choices readily available. And doing so in a delicious way that forces vended junk foods to compete for consumer dollars.
Any vending business with that as an objective is part of a needed, market based solution to the obesity problem.
