Patent ID: 7756604

Claim:
A vending device that constrains the consumption of items by particular individuals, comprising: a. a repository for one or more items available for vending; b. a vendee identity system for identifying a vendee requesting the vending of an item from said repository; c. a payment system for receiving a payment for vending of items from said repository; d. a data store identifying vendee constraints for one or more vendee identities, at least one constraint being applicable to vending by an individual from said vending device and at least one other vending device wherein said constraint prevents the purchase of more than a threshold number of said item requested by said vendee, said constraint related to the nutritional content of said item; and, e. an authorization circuit for evaluating vendee constraints and a vendee identity to determine whether constraints associated with a vendee identity identified by said vendee identity system permit vending of an item requested by the vendee.