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Impact of Smart Snacks Intervention on College Students' Vending Selections
Laurel Lambert1, Georgianna Mann1, Scott Knight1
1Department of Nutrition and Hospitality Management, The University of Mississippi, University, Oxford, Mississippi, USA.
Objectives:
To place Smart Snacks in vending machines and determine if different sales strategies affect Smart Snack selection.
Participants:
University students living in resident halls.
Methods:
Vending machines included 50% Smart Snacks and 50% non compliant snacks. Three sales strategies targeted student selection of Smart Snacks: Reduced price, signage, and nutrition education activities. Three-way ANOVA was used for analysis.
Results:
There was a statistically significant three-way interaction on snack selection between sales strategy, study period, and snack type, F(4, 77) = 3.33, P = .01. There were no statistically significant simple two-way interaction between study period and sales strategy for either Smart Snack, F(1, 77) = 1.62, P = 0.18, or NC snack types, F(1, 77) = 2.02, P = 0.07.
Conclusions:
Sales strategies did not affect Smart Snack selections. Advocates for healthier snacks in vending machines can align with university administrations to establish nutrient guidelines.
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