>Concequently people believe they're going to be fine with diabetes, as long as they love their bodies.

You make a giant leap here from 'I have value as a person regardless of my physical shape' to 'medical science matters not to me because my self-love gives me magical powers' ... Just wondering what that is about. It seems uncalled for.

> its fat little knees.

Oh. I'd like to gently suggest you may have a chip on your shoulder about this topic and maybe it's interfering with your analysis.