Diabetes makes people more vulnerable to TB: study

Kudos, fatsos.

"Diabetes makes a person about three times as likely to develop tuberculosis, and it may be to blame for more than 10 percent of TB cases in India and China, researchers said on Monday.

'With an estimated 171 million people afflicted with diabetes, a figure which is expected to double by year 2030, it is clear that (diabetes) constitutes a substantial contributor to the current and future burdens of TB globally,' epidemiologist Megan Murray, who conducted the research with Harvard colleague Christie Jeon, said by e-mail from Rwanda."

At least TB is a way to lose weight.