Tom Hanks: I Have Diabetes

Reveals type 2 diagnosis to David Letterman
By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff
Posted Oct 8, 2013 10:40 AM CDT

Clips from Hanks' appearance.
(TV Replay)

Tom Hanks is looking slimmer these days, and when David Letterman asked him about his weight last night on the Late Show, Hanks offered a surprising revelation: He has type 2 diabetes, the Huffington Post reports. He's been struggling with high blood sugar since age 36, Hanks said, and his doctor recently told him, "You've graduated. You've got type 2 diabetes, young man." Hanks didn't seem all that bothered by the news: "My doctor said, ‘Look, if you can weigh as much as you weighed in high school, you will essentially be completely healthy and will not have type 2 diabetes,'" he said. "And I said to her, 'Well, I’m gonna have type 2 diabetes.'" (More Tom Hanks stories.)

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