Latvia bans Coca-Cola, Pepsi and sweets in schools

Originally Posted by x86

Buying gym stuff for each school is unrealistic (it requires a lot of money), and Coca-Cola and Pepsi are corporations, not charities.
A quick & dirty market solution: if they want to sell in schools, sell the sugar-less versions (Coca-Cola Zero and Pepsi Max)

The Latvian government are citing the high levels of additives in those drinks, not just the sugar content. There's an awful lot of artificial shit in diet coke which is not particularly good for you.

Personally I think that if schools want fewer fat kids, they should stop cracking down so hard on bullying. Back when I was at school, the fat kids got picked on and as such, often put some effort into losing weight. These days everyone has to be so damn PC and kids aren't allowed to bully each other anymore so the fat kids get this stupid notion that being overweight is ok. Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind.

Jam it back in, in the dark.