World’s heaviest man starts surgery process

Feng Xue
By Feng Xue
May 6, 2017World News
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A Mexican man is beginning the first stage of procedures to help him lose weight. He is believed to be the world’s heaviest man.

Juan Pedro Franco is 33-years-old. He hasn’t been able to get out of bed for seven years. He has weighed up to 1,311 pounds at times.

Doctors feared for his health, so they put him on a special diet. Since recently losing 385 pounds he is now able to undergo surgery.

A team of specialists will watch over the surgery, including a cardiologist, intensivist, internist, and endocrinologist.

Juan Pedro Franco spoke about getting ready to hopefully change his life with the surgery, “To remain optimistic because if I get depressed then it’s worse. So we have to go forward anyway and give it everything on our side. Everything we can do has to be done. If they (doctors) help me, then I thank them and I thank the doctors who are watching over me and who are supporting me.”

Mexico leads the world in obesity, according to the WHO.

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