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Baltimore trades honey buns for granola in city vending machines

American City and County: Government workers in Baltimore’s public buildings now have fewer honey buns and greasy potato chips at their fingertips following the city’s newly-adopted standards for vending machines.

Baltimore City Health Commissioner Leana Wen introduced new vending machines in Baltimore's public buildings last month. At least half of the options in the machines are more nutritious foods, according to the Baltimore Sun. The new standards, approved by city commissioners in August, mirror those adopted in municipalities across 27 states, with California’s entire state passing healthy vending machine laws, according to a Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) study.

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