What is a healthier drink?
For the purpose of this study, healthier drinks were defined as those drinks that contribute positively towards a balanced diet (i.e. should not be too high in fat or sugar), such as fruit juices, milk and water. These were readily available and could be sold within the price range identified by the students in each of the schools. The starting point for discussions in each school was that the vending machine could sell water, juice and milk/milk products. It was also agreed that juices should be pure juice rather than ‘juice drinks’, all machines should offer fresh ‘semi-skimmed milk’, and flavoured milks and milkshakes should contain less than 10% added sugar.
