The Pros And Cons Of Vending Machines

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In this era, vending machines are found everywhere. It is in stores, malls even schools. It never failed to entertain the folks. The question is does all the contents of the vending machine is healthy? Even though it is just a lifeless electronic device, it may contain things that will eventually threaten our body in and out without our consciousness. All kinds of foods and drinks are served in the vending machine such as chips, chocolates, bottled drinks and etc. However, the most popular beverage sold by vending machines are soft drinks.
According to Ashurts (2005), “What are soft drinks? There is no single definition available but it is generally accepted that they are sweetened-water based beverages usually with balanced acidity” (p.2). The ingredients that normally make up soft …show more content…

It might be the way soft drink companies advertise their product in a very attractive manner. Young generations are easily influenced by the act of coolness of drinking soft drinks. It becomes the trend setter in schools. Soft drinks are also cheap and could be obtained easily. For instance, in any fast food restaurant, soft drinks will be the first drink on their menu. Besides, parents might not have given a good supervision on their kid’s activity.
Consumption of this drink is increasing day by day. Some of the folks are already aware of the harmful effect of the regular intake of soft drinks but plenty are not. Many issues have arisen due to this improper dietary intake. Many strong supports show a positive association between sugar-sweetened beverage and childhood obesity, risk of diabetes mellitus, risk of liver failure, dental erosion and even it could disturb a person psychologically.
As going through this paper, it highlights the believe of consumption of soft drinks gives more harm than benefits because it gives negative effect to our health internally and externally and also gives psychologically impact to a

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