My Diabetes Was Caused By My Awful Diet, Admits Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks has admitted he was a 'total idiot' for eating an unhealthy diet when he was younger, which he blames for his diabetes diagnosis.
The Oscar-winning actor, 59, revealed in 2013 that he had been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.
He told the Radio Times: '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 heavy. You've seen me in movies, you know what I looked like. I was a total idiot.
'I thought I could avoid it by removing the buns from my cheeseburgers.
'Well, it takes a little bit more than that.'
However, Hanks is hopeful that he can beat the disease.
'My doctor says if I can hit a target weight, I will not have Type 2 diabetes any more,' he said.
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