There are many debates involving soft drink and junk food vending machines in elementary school, middle/junior high school, and high schools. Some states have restricted student use during school hours by putting a block on the machines so they won’t tak money, but after school hours students can access the machines. As of January 2004, Arkansas is the only state that has passed legislation banning vending machines in elementary schools. This is not just a state issue, though. Some cities and local schools districts have taken the inicitive and enforced policies to ban or replace certain foods and beverages in vending machines with more health options. Snack machines are filled with junk food, which causes and triggers many problems such as, diabetes, obesity, and heart disease. Since snack machines could possibly cause so many fatal problems, why don’t we just eliminate the problem by removing snack machines from schools. If more schools would follow behind Arkansas, the potential problems could be decreased. Approximately 215,000 people under the age of 20 years old have been diagnosed with diabetes, whether it be type 1 or type 2. Diabetes is a chronic (lifelong) disease marked by high levels of sugar in the blood. Between the years of 2002 and 2005, 15,600 children and adolescents were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes , and 3,600 children and adolescents were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Snack machines are filled with foods that are high in sugar and could be potentially fatal to a child or adolescent by causing a jump in their blood sugar. A jump in blood sugar can cause very serious injury and even worse, death. The smartest thing to do would be to remove snack machines from all schools to prevent this from happening. Between 16 and 33 percent of children and adolescents are obese. Obesity is a body weight that is much greater than what is