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Table 3 Nutritional quality of food and drinks in vending machines at baseline and follow-up

From: Healthier choices in an Australian health service: a pre-post audit of an intervention to improve the nutritional value of foods and drinks in vending machines and food outlets

Variable

      Machines selling drinksa

 

      Machines selling fooda

 

2007 (n=61)

2011 (n=62)

2007 (n=34)

2011 (n=47)

Amber/green slots per machine, mean %

29%

51%*

1%

3%

Machines with at least 80% amber/green, n (%)

0

4 (6%)

0

1b (2%)

Machines with all red drinks 375 ml or less, n (%)

19c (31%)

27 (44%)

  

Machines with amber/green items labelled, n (%)

0

16 (26%)**

0

3 (6%)

  1. *p<0.05, **p<0.01.
  2. aCombination machines selling both drinks and snacks are included in totals. The number of combination machines at baseline was 7 and at follow-up was 19.
  3. bThis was a sandwich machine.
  4. cThese machines were selling cans of drink only.