Application of nutrient profile models to compare products offered in 'healthy' vs 'conventional' vending machines in a Spanish hospital environment.
Public Health
; 179: 135-146, 2020 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Vending machines promote easy access to food with low nutritional value. 'Healthy' vending machines (HVM) have been introduced as a means to improve the availability and accessibility of healthy food options, and the healthiness of the foods, however, has not been evaluated.OBJECTIVE:
Our aim was to assess the healthiness of the products offered in HVM and 'conventional' vending machines (CVM), located in the Catalan Institute of Oncology. STUDY DESIGN ANDMETHODS:
All products available in vending machines (HVM (n = 33) and CVM (n = 62) were evaluate during three nutrient profile models (NPMs) the World Health Organization's European Regional Office model (WHO), Nutrient Profile Model UK (NPM-UK), and Australian Health Star Rating system (HSR).RESULTS:
Regardless of the NPM used, significant differences found in the proportion of healthy products among HVM and CVM (WHO P-value = 0.005, NPM-UK P value < 0.001, HSR P-value < 0.001). The healthy products offered in HVM accounted for 30%, 73%, and 52% of the total content, while CVM offered 6%, 32%, and 15% of the content, as assessed by WHO, NPM-UK, and HSR, respectively. The WHO model was the most restrictive model, and the NPM-UK was the most permissible one.CONCLUSIONS:
Although not all products in HVM are rated as healthy by the different NPMs, the percentage of healthy products was significantly higher than those in CVM.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Alimentos
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Distribuidores Automáticos de Alimentos
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Hospitais
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Valor Nutritivo
Limite:
Humans
País como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2020
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Article