Tom Hanks, the Oscar-winning actor, has been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes and doctors said the dramatic weight fluctuations he underwent to play screen roles could have contributed to the condition.
Hanks, 57, revealed on a late night US television chat show that he had been suffering symptoms for two decades but was only recently diagnosed.
He told host David Letterman: “I went to the doctor and he said ‘You know those high blood sugar numbers you’ve been dealing with since you were 36? Well, you’ve graduated. You’ve got Type 2 diabetes, young man,'”
During his career Hanks, who has won two Best Actor Oscars, for Philadelphia and Forrest Gump, has transformed his body to play characters authentically several times.
