20.500.12556/DKUM-91978 Sweet, fat and salty: snacks in vending machines in health and social care institutions in Slovenia Vending machines in health and social care facilities are often the only possible choice for a quick snack for workers and visitors, in many cases providing unhealthy dietary choices. Our study aimed to analyse the variety and nutritional quality of foods available in vending machines placed in social and health care institution in Slovenia. The available snacks were quantitatively assessed, using traffic light profiling. The model used for nutrient profiling was that of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ). Vending machines in 188 institutions were surveyed, resulting in 5625 food-items consisting of 267 unique product labels. Sweet products dominate in vending machines offers (about 70%), while nuts and seeds (8.4%), yoghurts (2.1%), fruits (1.4%) and milk (0.3%) are present in a very small proportion or are not available at all. According to FSANZ, 88.5% of all displayed food items in vending machines can be considered as lower nutritional quality or less healthy products. The authors’ future activities will be focused on ensuring wider availability of healthy dietary choices and on including official guidelines in tender conditions for vending machines in health and social care institutions in Slovenia. snacks vending machines social care institutions health care institutions Slovenia prigrizki prodajni avtomati socialno varstveni zavodi zdravstveni zavodi Slovenija true false true MDPI Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Znanstveno delo 2025-03-10 09:33:17 2025-03-10 10:43:28 2025-03-11 03:12:00 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2020 0 0 Str. 1-12 št. 19, št. članka 7059 Letn. 17 2020 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 2020-08-27 2020-09-23 2020-09-27 681.13:614.21:364-54(497.4) 32230147 10.3390/ijerph17197059 1660-4601 Rozman-2020-Sweet,_Fat_and_Salty__Snacks_in_Ve.pdf Rozman-2020-Sweet,_Fat_and_Salty__Snacks_in_Ve.pdf 1 F5DF977FDE93C5B7B866AC1FEA7D0DBB 1d3cac7f9b8fc216d157445c98f18c7d67077bbe9ba7c8e7d1aea2bbca8d0397 fb8a72e8-fd93-11ef-b09f-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=189079 https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17197059 0 52058293-fd8a-11ef-b09f-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=189075 Fakulteta za zdravstvene vede 0 0 0