- Mexican Juan Pedro Franco, 33 was declared the heaviest person alive last year
- He has since shed 551 lbs with the help of two gastric band operations
- Health threats including diabetes and organ failure triggered the weight-loss
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22 View commentsA Mexican name who was named the world's heaviest, who once tipped the scales at 1302lbs is showing off his 551lb weight-loss.
Juan Pedro Franco, 33 was declared the heaviest person alive by the Guinness World Records in 2017.
But now after two gastric band surgeries and a strict exercise regime he has reduced his weight to under a 1000lbs and one day dreams of standing again.
Mexican Juan Pedro Franco, 33 was declared the heaviest person alive by the Guinness World Records in 2017
Since he started just over a year ago he has shed 551lbs which is the equivalent of a silverback gorilla.
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However Franco's ultimate aim is to be able to walk again after years of being combined to his bedroom.
Franco first made headlines in November 2016 when he was admitted to the clinic after making the trip via a specially-adapted van to the western city of Guadalajara, Jalisco.
Since undergoing two gastric band operations to save his life Franco has been on a weight-loss programme and his now showing off the results
At the time, Castaneda said Mr Franco's obesity and related conditions, including diabetes, had made the operation impossible and he needed to lose weight.
Franco went on a three-month diet and lost 385lbs to prepare him for the operation in Guadalajara which intended to dropped his weight by half.
He then had a second similar operation in November 2017 which involved key-hole surgery to divide Franco's stomach by half giving him a much smaller capacity.
Franco who once tipped the scales at 1302lbs, shows off his weight-loss as he dreams of being able to walk again
Since he started just over a year ago he has shed 551lbs which is the equivalent of a silverback gorilla
Franco has been obese all of his life, but he got even bigger following a car crash at the age of 17.
He is from the small Mexican state of Aguacalientes and has been in Guadalajara for his treatment over the last year.
His mother Maria de Jesus Salas Lemus is optimistic about the programme which was prompted by health threats ranging from diabetes to organ failure.
According to the World Health Organisation, Mexico is a global leader in obesity with 35 percent of its adolescents overweight or obese.
Franco first made headlines in November 2016 when he was admitted to the clinic after making the trip via a specially-adapted van to the western city of Guadalajara, Jalisco
| Name | Country | Peak Weight | Total Weight Loss |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khalid Bin Mohsen | United Kingdom | 1,335lbs | 330lbs |
| Francis John Lang | United States | 1,187lbs | 818lbs |
| Mayra Rosales | United States | 1,036lbs | 800lbs |
| Kenneth Brumley | United States | 1,033lbs | unknown |
| Andre Nasr | Australia | 1,033lbs | unknown |
| Catrina Rainford | United States | 1,000lbs | unknown |
| Paul Mason | United Kingdom | 980lbs | 980lbs |
Franco went on a three-month diet and lost 385 pounds to prepare him for the operation in Guadalajara which intended to dropped his weight by half
Franco has been obese all of his life, but he got even bigger following a car crash at the age of 17
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Juan Pedro Franco says he was chubby at school – at six years old he weighed nearly 10 stone.
The Mexican's weight went up and up and at 17 he weighed just over 36 stone.
His weight ballooned further as a teenager when he had a cripplingtraffic accident, followed by a bout of pneumonia, which left him bed-ridden for more than a year.
The accomplished guitar player appealed for help last July when he announced he weighed just over 60 stone, revealing he hadn't left his box room for six years.
He said he feared he would die after having to quit a special diet which his OAP parents couldn't afford.
His plight became world news when pictures emerged of him being transported from his home in the central Mexican city of Aguascalientes to a clinic 100 miles away in Guadalajara last November.
He was then was initially thought to weigh 79 stone. However, doctors discovered he was nearly 15 stone heavier than they first thought.
When he was taken to hospital he was found to weigh a near record-breaking 92st 9lbs.
Franco was put on a three-month diet so that he could be considered for weight loss surgery booked in for May.
Doctor Jose Antonio Castaneda, the specialist assisting him, said: 'Everything we're doing has been mapped out and if everything goes to plan in a year and a half we'll have him down to between 12 and 14 stone.'
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