Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2009, 6 2491 Fast food restaurants became spaces of tension, where the wellbeing associated with friendship and conversation was concurrent with worry about consumption of processed foods. Figure 4. Rush hour traffic begins early in Toronto. These drivers pass fast food restaurants on their way home. Similar issues were extensively discussed by francophones. Most regarded their francophone identity and group cohesion as unique and important, particularly given their history as a marginalized group in northern Ontario. Socializing with other francophones was closely associated with feasting on good- tasting foods that were not always heart healthy, as this participant explained: On est en général, du monde qui a bien de la misère à rester enfermé, surtout l’hiver. Puis on aime ça sortir puis on va, comme on a mentionnéa des restaurants ou des places que il y a beaucoup de chance a avoir du cholestérol ou trop de sel ou trop de sucre ou quelque chose d’autre, ça fait qu’on a une bonne chance d’avoir du trouble avec notre santéparce que nos habitudes de vies sont plus en général plus agressives que d’autre monde. [In general, we’re people who have a lot of trouble staying cooped up, especially in winter. We like to go out, so we go places, like, we mentioned restaurants or places where there’s a good chance we’ll have cholesterol or too much salt or too much sugar or something else…Our lifestyle habits are more aggressive than other people’s]