YoNaturals, Inc.

Pennsylvania School District Enlists YoNaturals Healthy Vending for Nutritional Alternatives to Junk Food

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, September 9th, 2008

A shocking 12.5 million U.S. children--one in six--are overweight, and 13 million more are close. All are at greater risk than slimmer peers for a host of maladies, from diabetes, cancer and heart disease to osteoporosis and hypertension, to say nothing of adult obesity.

The epidemic is a loud wake-up call to improve children's eating habits. California start-up YoNaturals, Inc., is attempting to do just that in school vending machines by offering organic and all-natural snacks in place of junk food. CEO Mark Trotter saw the chance to snag part of the $32 billion vending machine market by uniting Americans' love of convenience and their growing health consciousness....

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