Obese Americans in Baja

Mark Morford, of the San Francisco Chronicle, writes a frightened column about his vacation in Cabo.

"It was, in a word, disquieting. And horribly depressing.

Here's the thing: Massive girth and rolling flab, for most of this country, is a way of life. It is what's expected, what everyone else looks like, the norm. Americans are, generally speaking, huge, unhealthy, more detached from their bodies than a George Bush from a dictionary. And what's more, no one seems to notice or care. It's the great American shrug."