Friendly vending machines

Finally, here is a fat busting plan I agree with. It doesn't involve pills or surgery or even shocking pictures for that matter, but this time it's vending machines. Well it is actually a plan for healthy teeth and just health in general, but I'm sure it would help dieters too. 

The British Dental Health Foundation have said that vending machines of fruit juice, water and healthy snacks should be put in NHS hospitals. The government agree that the NHS and public sector should act as the role model for the rest of the nation by promoting healthy eating.

According to the BDHF, many schools have already managed to cut out the fat and sugary snacks from their vending machines and now it's the hospitals turn. It is ironic having nurses telling patient's to lose weight in clinic and as soon as they walk out the door they're faced with a vending machine pulling you in and tempting you to buy chocolate. Just as it is when you see a MacDonalds sign just underneath a permanent hospital welcome banner. 

It is likely that money is made for the NHS through the sales of chocolate, crisps and fizzy drinks. Would healthy snacks bring in as much? And would they be more expensive? However,I feel the counterproductive and confusing message of there being fatty, additive filled snacks in hospitals is more likely to cause a greater cost in the long run in money and even in lives.