Latvia bans Coca-Cola, Pepsi and sweets in schools

I like soda. I like milk too, and when I was in high school/junior high I'd be as likely to purchase a carton of milk as a bottle of soda. It depended on my preference at the time.

What I mean is, I know how to moderate myself. In addition, I was plenty active in school -- I walked to school and I did extracurricular activities and overall I felt pretty healthy.

Banning the sale of sodas and candies is a well-intentioned step (though I feel it "punishes" people like me who are perfectly healthy and not obese), I think, but I feel it's just like a "duh" step people take because it seems obvious. Why don't they also make physical education classes mandatory (in my high school, we only had to take it for the first two years), or encourage more extracurricular activities, or offer some health classes? Eating right is important, but you need more than that to stay fit and healthy.

Jam it back in, in the dark.