Former ‘world’s heaviest man’ defeats coronavirus


  • World
  • Thursday, 24 Sep 2020

Mexican Juan Pedro Franco, the heaviest man in the world according to the Guinness World Records in 2017 with a weight of 595 kilograms, exercises at his house in Guadalajara, Jalisco state, Mexico on February 17, 2018. - Franco, 33, lost 250 kilograms after undergoing a medical treatment which included two surgeries and now dreams of being able to walk again. (Photo by ULISES RUIZ / AFP)

MEXICO CITY (AFP): A Mexican who was once the world's heaviest man has beaten the coronavirus, helped -- he believes -- by several years of dieting, exercise and stomach-reduction surgery that saw him shed hundreds of kilos.

Juan Pedro Franco used to weigh 595 kilos (1,310 pounds) -- more than the average male polar bear and enough to be certified by Guinness World Records in 2017.

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