“DISC, or "Delays to Influence Snack Choice,” … is a platform inserted inside a vending machine that catches snacks falling from the top half of the machine, where a vending machine operator would ...

BENSALEM, Pa. — Forget the clanging of coins. It’s more the sounds of silence at the vending machines in area schools these days. Many students aren’t buying the healthy snacks, fruit juices and water ...

CEO Sean Kelly and co-founder Andrew Mackensen started H.U.M.A.N. Healthy Vending in 2008. The idea for the California-based company began back in 2003, when Kelly, a pre-med Biomedical Engineering ...

CSPI researchers surveyed snack vending machine options at schools nationwide and came up with the following list of the "best" and "worst" vending machine options, based on their nutritional value.

This time of year, people have weight loss on their minds. According to a 2012 survey published in the University of Scranton’s Journal of Clinical Psychology, losing weight is the No. 1 New Year’s ...

DETROIT (WWJ) - A trip the vending machine isn't always a healthy one, but now it can be. WWJ's Kathryn Larson introduces us to the new "smart" vending machine that has become all the rage at the ...

Replacing vending machine fare in Chicago parks with healthier snacks significantly increased total monthly sales, new research shows. Chicago, with its 100% Healthier Snack Vending Initiative, is one ...

Healthily curbing your midafternoon cravings is that much harder when your options are limited to a vending machine. Sure, not all of its choices are bad, but most are calorie bombs—empty calories at ...

The guilt of spending your college years dining from vending machines could be a thing of the past with a new model that serves up a piping hot meal alongside a cold drink. A company called EatWave ...