Cristina Iaboni poses at her home in Bethany, Connecticut May 28, 2012. Iaboni had the dubious distinction of being not quite obese enough. For all the pounds on her 5'5" frame, she did not meet the criteria for bariatric surgery to help control her type-2 diabetes. Then the 45-year-old Connecticut wife, mother of two and head of human resources for a Fortune 500 company, lucked out. In 2009 she met with Dr Francisco Rubino of Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York and was among his first subjects. Picture taken May 28, 2012. To match Feature DIABETES-SURGERY/ REUTERS/ Michelle McLoughlin (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY)