Kathy Bates is riddled with anxiety over a devastating family history with diabetes – and her fear for the health of one of her sisters, RadarOnline.com can reveal.

And it was her family history with the disease that lay behind the decision to lose 100 pounds over the past seven years. Article continues below advertisement

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The 77-year-old actress, best known for Misery and now the lead in CBS hit Matlock , was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 2017.

She said the diagnosis spurred her to overhaul her lifestyle, determined not to repeat the fate of her father and grandmother, who both died from complications of the disease.

"People say, 'Well, it was the Ozempic ,'" Bates said in a new intervi

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