N.B. healthy eating working group report cites New Brunswick Health Council in audit of recreation facilities

The New Brunswick Healthy Eating in Recreation Settings Working Group audited vending machines and operations at arenas, pools, gyms and other facilities to determine what was offered. Its findings indicate 87% of food and 66% of beverages sold in vending machines fell into the "do not sell" category, as classified by The Brand Name Food List, an online tool that uses nutrient criteria to score packaged products based on their nutritional value. The report cited data from the New Brunswick Health Council, which found the province was one of the country’s least healthy, with 36% of children and 28% of youth overweight or obese.