Volume > Issue > Note List > The Weight of the World

The Weight of the World

When VandenBurg wrote about the “last” acceptable prejudice, he didn’t realize how final the situation is. Hold on to your love handles, folks: Things are about to get heavy — real heavy!

Evidently, overweight kids are holding more than Twinkies and Cheetos in their chubby paws — they also hold the fate of the world! “Children…are…heavier now than they were even 10 years ago,” says Naomi Neufield, Director of KidShape, a nonprofit weight-loss program in Los Angeles, quoted in “Too Heavy, Too Young,” an article in Time magazine (Jan. 21, 2002). “We can’t even imagine the medical costs we will be seeing in the future. It feels like Armageddon.”

Armageddon?

Enjoyed reading this?

READ MORE! REGISTER TODAY

SUBSCRIBE

You May Also Enjoy

Briefly Reviewed: October 2023

Slavery and the Catholic Church in the United States: Historical Studies... The Persecuted: True Stories of Courageous Christians Living Their Faith in Muslim Lands

The Mystery of Goodness in Children's Literature

Through good stories, children come into contact with the incredible power and infinite possibilities of goodness.

Letters to the Editor: September 2025

Love Where There Is No Love... A Failure of Formation of Fad-Followers... Does He Have Better Evidence?... Discerning Tongues... and more