BACKGROUND Twenty-four hour access to condoms for young people living in rural Victoria is problematic for many reasons, including the fact that condom vending machines are often located in venues and places they cannot access. METHOD We partnered with three rural councils to install condom vending machines in locations that provided improved access to condoms for local young people. Councils...

Raw milk consumption in Italy has increased over the past three years following the enactment of a national law that allows the sale of unpacked and unpasteurized cows’ milk via vending machines on the farm and at markets. From 2009 to 2011, a three-part monitoring survey of raw milk sold though vending machines was carried out to investigate for the occurrence of Salmonella spp., Escherichia c...

We have investigated the food habits of Italian schoolchildren in order to highlight gender differences. We focused on breakfast, snacks times as well as the use of vending machines. Moreover, we have evaluated whether the skipping of the considered “meals” is correlated to body mass index. A sample of 721 students completed a questionnaire, 97% of them were aged between 11-14. For the tree “me...

OBJECTIVES This study examined associations between high school students' lunch patterns and vending machine purchases and the school food environment and policies. METHODS A randomly selected sample of 1088 high school students from 20 schools completed surveys about their lunch practices and vending machine purchases. School food policies were assessed by principal and food director surveys...