The Mexican Juan Pedro Franco, known to have been ththe most obese man in the worlddied this Monday in the central state of Aguascalientes, where he was from, at the age of 41, following a kidney infection.
In a statement, José Antonio Castañeda, the doctor who treated him, reported the death of the man who in 2017 held the Guinness record for being the heaviest human being in the world at that time. when you weigh almost 600 kilos on the scale.
“In recent days, his state of health has been compromised due to a kidney infection which evolved with systemic complications, which led to his death while he was hospitalized,” said the specialist.
In 2017, Franco, then aged 32, weighed around 595 kilos when he confided in Castañeda, who He put him on a Mediterranean diet which focuses on vegetables and fruits and then performs two operations: a gastric sleeve and another gastric bypass. TAs a result, Franco achieved a 49% reduction from his initial weight. In 2020 he even managed to overcome covid-19 and this reflects the impact of the improvement achieved in previous years and of having successfully completed his bariatric process.
Castañeda recalled that the case of Juan Pedro was a “complex and difficult” medical process, which helped make obesity visible as a disease “that requires empathy, science and coordinated work”beyond the stigma that still surrounds him.” The doctor expressed his “deepest condolences” to Franco’s family and loved ones and recognized the mark left by Juan Pedro’s story thanks to his “perseverance, resilience and honesty in sharing his life, which generated empathy in many people and motivated others to face their own health challenges.”
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