Splashed across one of the walls in Foodies Kitchen is the quote "In some places they eat to live... In our town we live to eat!" The New Orleans fooditude, so aptly described in this quote, got New Orleans into trouble in 1997 when a study conducted by the Coalition for Excess Weight Risk Education concluded that New Orleans was the fattest city. This study found that 38 percent of New Orleanians were obese. It seems that the New Orleans diet is anything but. New Orleans has one of the highest rates for Type II Diabetes, which is often associated with obesity. What are the other health risks associated with obesity? According to the Weight Coalition: hypertension, cancer, and stroke. So what does New Orleans turn to when caught by the fat busters? Sugar Busters.