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 | |