Key result
Policy, systems, and environmental interventions targeting the food environment increased the availability of healthy options and decreased unhealthy options in vending machines.
Why the study?
Do policy, systems, and environmental interventions increase the availability of healthy options in vending machines?
Do policy, systems, and environmental interventions increase the availability of healthy options in vending machines?
Implementation of policy, systems, and environmental interventions targeting the food environment can effectively increase access to healthy foods and beverages in vending machines.
PSE interventions may increase healthy vending options; hypothesis-generating without data on consumption or health outcomes.
The American Heart Association conducted policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) focused interventions to increase healthy vending in 8 communities. PSE interventions were assessed using the Nutrition Environment Measures Survey Vending Assessment to see changes in the food environment. Baseline and follow-up assessments were conducted with 3 settings and a total of 19 machines. PSE changes resulted in increased availability of healthy options and decreased unhealthy options. Implementation of PSE interventions targeting the food environment can be an effective method of providing increased access to healthy foods and beverages with the goal of increasing consumption to decrease chronic diseases.
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Garcia et al. (2017) studied this question. Policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) interventions vs. Baseline was evaluated on Changes in the food environment assessed using the Nutrition Environment Measures Survey Vending Assessment. Policy, systems, and environmental interventions targeting the food environment increased the availability of healthy options and decreased unhealthy options in vending machines.
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