Children who come from broken homes are more likely to be obese, according to a new study out of Norway. Researchers studied about 1,000 third-graders, about 20 percent of whom were classified as obese. However, obesity rates went up by 50 percent for kids whose parents had divorced.

Boys from broken homes were especially prone to be carrying extra weight, with 63 percent of them more likely to be obese than boys with married parents. (Time)

Paul Asay has written for The Washington Post, Christianity Today, Beliefnet.com and The (Colorado Springs) Gazette. He writes about culture for PluggedIn and wrote the Batman book God on the Streets of Gotham (Tyndale). He recently collaborated with Jim Daly, president of Focus on the Family, on his book The Good Dad. He lives in Colorado Springs with wife, Wendy, and his two children. Follow him on Twitter.