Following two rounds of surgery, a strict diet and exercise, Juan Pedro Franco, once certified as the world’s heaviest man, has managed to lose about 250 kilograms (550 pounds) in less than two years after once weighing in at 595 kilos. “Vine con la esperanza de bajar de peso, yo llegué con un peso de 595 kilos, ya me practicaron una banda gástrica, que fue el 9 de mayo, y un bypass gástrico que […]
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Mexico’s ‘heaviest man’ has surgery to halve his weight
GUADALAJARA, Jalisco, Mexico (Reuters) — A Mexican man who weighed more than half a ton had surgery in Guadalajara on Wednesday (November 22) in a bid to halve his weight. Juan Pedro Franco, 33, has been dubbed the world’s heaviest man. Earlier this year he reportedly weighed as much as 595 kilos (1,311 pounds). But after a three-month diet Franco has reportedly shed 175 kilos in a special clinic to allow him to have the […]





