Seven Out of Ten Products in Hospital Machines Are Not Healthy
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Vending machines are part of the usual landscape of hospitals and health centers. However, their offer reopens the debate on healthy eating: sugary soft drinks, pastries, chocolates and ultra-processed snacks coexist, in many cases, with products that should promote a balanced diet. The issue is especially striking in dedicated spaces precisely ... Continue reading "Do you think hospitals selling machines should offer only healthy products?"
Prices do not favor the best choices, as in 44 percent of machines the cheapest product was the least healthy
The food vending machines of Spanish hospitals offer mostly low nutritional quality products, between 60 and 70 percent of foods are not healthy, according to an analysis carried out by the Organization of Consumers and Users (OCU) in 171 vending machines in the emergency rooms of 52 hospitals.
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Hospital food vending machines mostly offer low nutritional quality products, between 60 and 70 per cent of foods are not healthy, according to an analysis by the Consumers and Users Organization (OCU) of 171 vending machines in emergency rooms in 52 hospitals.
The consumer and user organisation (OCU) has warned that up to 70% of food offered on vending machines in hospitals' emergency rooms can be considered "unhealthy".
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