You don’t see too many fat vegans, though.
Nor fat AIDS patients.
I know plenty fat vegetarians. I don’t know any vegans.
Pasta with a side of pasta will get you fat.
The entire article is a stream of consciousness diatribe full of half truths and sketchy assertions in the first place, and then complains about too much salt in the ersatz.
Salt is vital for the human organism. The studies linking high blood pressure in the 1970s and later have been looked at with a lot of skepticism today. High blood pressure is bad stuff, but is correlated with both race and other factors, not related to sodium intake. Especially in hot weather, electrolytes will help avoid heat exhaustion or heat stroke.
Vegetarianism just isn’t healthy, especially for children. They need animal protein to grow big and strong, and develop a healthy immune system to ward off illness.