There are some people who think that obesity issues are a community-wide phenomenon, a kind of defective "groupthink" where people who are surrounded by other o

There are some people who think that obesity issues are a community-wide phenomenon, a kind of defective "groupthink" where people who are surrounded by other overweight or obese people actually stop seeing their own problem. "Obesity is Contagious" http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/obesity_is_contagious http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/obesity_is_contagious Random humorous observation on the OP article from Time -- unfortunate link placement following paragraph number four: Many roads are narrower than those in the North — where streets have wider shoulders to accommodate winter snow — and people who want to bike or jog find themselves uncomfortably close to traffic. (See pictures of the perfect steak.)