How to Stay âBody Positiveâ with Diabetes Written by Moira McCarthy on December 13, 2020 â Fact checked by Maria Gifford Fiordaliso / Getty Images The long-term impacts of negative body image can be devastating. And what worries experts is that it only takes one comment to send someone down a dangerous road. If diabetes is involved, the effects can be compounded. âItâs the well-meaning doctor who says something like âyou better clean up your act or youâre going to have type 2 diabetes,ââ Nicole Patience, a nutrition and diabetes educator, and eating disorders specialist at Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, tells DiabetesMine.