Delaying access to tempting, high-calorie foods and snacks in vending machines potentially can shift people's choices to purchase less desired, but healthier snack options, new research suggests.

“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 ...

A delay can help people pick healthier snacks. Creative Commons When faced with a 3 p.m. stomach grumble, it’s pretty difficult to pick a Clif bar over a Snickers. But this new vending machine thinks ...

As nearly anyone who has ever gazed over the rows of brightly colored packages and deposited the right combination of coins and bills into a vending machine has probably wondered at some point: What ...

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 ...

YOU’VE been in meetings all morning and had a conference call at 1 p.m. All you have to do before lunch is hand in that report – and answer the 900,000 e-mails that have been building up in your ...

As nearly anyone who has ever gazed over the rows of brightly colored packages and deposited the right combination of coins and bills into a vending machine has probably wondered at some point: What ...