Following the success of its pilot project on vending in schools, in 2005 the Department of Health Regional Public Health Team carried out a snap shot survey of the vending situation in leisure and sport centres in the East of England, the results of which highlighted a number of contradictions. In his analysis of the survey's findings, Jason Gwinnett of the Regional Public Health Group rightly said that a conflicting message was being sent to the users of such facilities: "Leisure and sport centres in all sectors must strike a balance between profits and the health of their users.