About 26 million Americans have diabetes, up 9 pct

Yippee! The sweet success of being a fatso.

Health officials believe diabetes is becoming more common for two reasons — more people are developing obesity-related Type 2 diabetes, and people who have it are living longer.

Kudos, fatsos.

And remember...

As you are taking your diabetes meds, for which we all paid one way or another, that a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.