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Student vending machine (VM) practices by policies regarding food sold in VM, policies regarding hours of operation of VM, and number of VM at school |
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| Policy about food sold in VM |
VM closed during lunch† |
Number of VM† |
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| Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
0 |
1–2 |
3–4 |
6+ |
8+ |
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| M (SD) |
M (SD) |
p-value |
M (SD) |
M (SD) |
p-value |
M (SD) |
M (SD) |
M (SD) |
M (SD) |
M (SD) |
p-value |
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| Student snack food VM purchases (days/week) |
0.5 (1.1) |
0.9 (1.3) |
<.001 |
0.9 (1.2) |
1.0 (1.3) |
.477 |
0.4 (1.0) |
0.8 (1.2) |
1.1 (1.4) |
1.1 (1.4) |
<.001 |
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| Student soft drink VM purchases (days/week) |
1.4 (1.7) |
1.6 (1.7) |
.110 |
1.4 (1.6) |
1.9 (1.8) |
.043 |
1.3 (1.6) |
1.7 (1.7) |
1.4 (1.6) |
1.9 (1.8) |
.173 |
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† Done for policies regarding school snack and soft drink policies in accordance with whether student or soft drink VM purchases are being examined. | ||||||||||||
Neumark-Sztainer et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2005 2:14 doi:10.1186/1479-5868-2-14 |
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