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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Idaho Entrepreneurs Introduce 'Healthy' Vending Machines

H.U.M.A.N. Healthy Vending machines are unique tools in the fight against childhood obesity. Part vending machine and part interactive educator, Healthy Vending machines teach kids what they should be eating and why, the manufacturers claim.

For Amy & John Hobbing, preaching the importance of health & nutrition extends beyond the ears of their two children & the walls of their Meridian, ID home. …

The two progressive parents & forward-thinking entrepreneurs have recently partnered with the Boys & Girls Club of Ada County to place vending machines in the two local clubs, giving Idaho’s youth access to a wide variety of healthy, tasty & affordable snacks & drinks. [Source: PR Web]

The Director of the Ada County Boys and Girls Club, Jason Sears, believes that nutrition is one of the many areas where kids need to learn how to make good choices. By providing vending machines that offer healthy foods, the Boys and Girls Club can help kids take some important steps forward.
 

Labels: awareness, education, vending_machines

Posted By: Stefanie Hamilton

Comments:

Kensington on 8/17/2010
I think this is a great idea. When kids are given a limited number of options in a vending machine - healthy or not-so-healthy - they will learn from the patterns they establish through their purchases. It will help a lot of kids to set a pattern of picking healthier foods if they aren't just given the old candy and chips option.