Celebrities you didn’t know had diabetes
Nearly 5,000 people are diagnosed with diabetes every day, and it’s a disease that does not discriminate. World Diabetes Day, held November 14 every year, is a global awareness campaign focusing on diabetes mellitus, with the intention of raising awareness about the dangerous but manageable illness.
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| Tom Hanks The actor was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2013 and believes it may have been caused by yo-yo dieting for film roles. “I’m part of the lazy American generation that has blindly kept dancing through the party and now finds ourselves with a malady … I was a total idiot,” he told E! News. |
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| Halle BerryDiagnosed with diabetes at just 19 years old, Berry was petrified and thought she was going to die. But, since she’s cut out processed sugars and bread, she has come to look at the illness as a gift that gave her strength in the face of a painful reality. |
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| Nick JonasPriyanka Chopra’s fiancé was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 13, which was around the time the Jonas Brothers band formed. At the 2017 Radio Disney Music Awards, the youngest Jonas confessed that he was scared, but that he’s also now healthier than ever. |
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| Sharon StoneThe 60-year-old actress has type 1 diabetes but she stays remarkably fit, and her secret, she told E!News, is just doing all the things you’re supposed to do: “I eat right, I sleep, I work out, I’m happy. I choose the good things.” |
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| Salma HayekWhile she was pregnant with her daughter, Hayek developed gestational diabetes which, though treatable, runs a higher risk in women of developing type 2 diabetes. |
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