Climate woes: Is the weather making you fat?

When I was a bit younger, I met a lovely young woman who had moved from California to attend a university here in Texas. As we got to know each other, she confided in me that her biggest cultural adjustment had been the difficulty making friends because of a lack of similar interests.

Lindsey, a healthy, outdoorsy girl, had grown up among the thick, temperate forests and mountains of northern Calif…