A Mexican who was once the heaviest man in the world defeated the coronavirus, believed he helped during several years of diet, exercise and abdominal relief surgery that have allowed him to lose many kilos.
Juan Pedro Franco weighed 595 kilograms (1310 pounds), more than the average polar male and enough to qualify through Guinness World Records in 2017.
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The 36-year-old now weighs around 208 kilograms, yet his history of diabetes, high blood pressure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have made his war against the virus challenging.
“It’s a very competitive disease. He had a headache, aches, shortness of breath, a fever. A very high-risk person,” Franco told the AFP from his home in the central state of Aguascalientes.
Mexico, which has the fourth coVID-19 mortality rate worldwide, has the global obesity rate among young people and the time among adults.
A quarter of the more than 74,000 Mexicans who died after contracting the overweight virus.
Many of the deaths suffered from at least one underlying disease, such as high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity, related to poor nutrition and lack of exercise. Virus, said José Antonio Castañeda, the doctor who led Franco’s anti-obesity remedy team.
“His chances of getting out are very slim,” he added.
His patient, who was once too heavy to stand, an exception.
Franco, who lost his 66-year-old mother to COVID-19, believes his remedy for weight loss, adding 3 operations, has helped him because his diabetes and upper blood pressure are now under control.
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