Junk food vending machines banned in Wales hospitals

by Bob Sassone (Subscribe to Bob Sassone's posts)
Posted Mar 25th 2008 4:02PM
Filed under: Business, Candy, Trends, Health & Medical

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This is probably going to start a trend: hospitals in Wales have banned vending machines that sell soda and candy.

They are going to phase out the vending machines over the next six months. But one hospital, University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, will still have junk food vending machines in 2010. Not sure why they get special treatment, but if you're visiting someone in a Wales hospital and have a craving for Cadbury chocolate, you'll have to go there.

The junk food machines are going to be replaced with machines that have healthier food options, such as fruit juice. Though I hope they're looking at the sugar content of some of those so-called "healthy" fruit juices.

Tags: fruit juice, hospitals, junk food, vending machines, wales

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