Variation in Access to Sugar-Sweetened Beverages in Vending Machines Across Rural, Town and Urban High Schools

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Describes variations in high school students' access to sugar-sweetened beverages through vending machines by geographic location, and offers an approach to analyze school vending machine foods. Includes rural versus urban data by vending machine beverage options and front advertisement.

A. M. Adachi-Mejia, M. R. Longacre, M. Skatrud-Mickelson, et al.

Public Health, 127(5), 485-491

05/2013

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Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · New Hampshire · Vermont