Table 4

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


Policy about food sold in VM
VM closed during lunch
Number of VM


Yes
No

Yes
No

0
1–2
3–4
6+
8+



M (SD)
M (SD)
p-value
M (SD)
M (SD)
p-value
M (SD)
M (SD)
M (SD)
M (SD)
M (SD)
p-value

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
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

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