Juan Pedro is making headlines again after the news surfaced about the former world’s heaviest man’s weight loss.
The man who held the Guinness World Record for being the heaviest person in 1996 had a dramatic turnaround after dropping an incredible 52 stone.
The Mexican nearly died after tipping the scales at 93 stone and 9 lbs, but he has now started to lose weight.
Another Mexican, Manuel Uribe, who weighed in at 597 kilograms in 2007, previously held that record. But in May 2016, he passed away.
He first made news earlier that year when horrifying images of him being driven from his home in Aguascalientes to a hospital in Guadalajara for life-saving treatment surfaced.
By the time Juan broke the world record at age 32, his weight had rendered him bed-bound, necessitating the assistance of eight people, and he was compelled to use a diaper since he couldn’t access a toilet.
When Juan was barely six years old, he reached a weight of 10 stone and began to have issues with it. A teen injury made matters worse, and by the time he was 17, he weighed more than 36 stone.
Juan told Guinness World Records, “My body just followed its path without any control whatsoever. I tried to diet daily, but nothing worked, and I lost hope.”
When Juan was barely six years old, he reached a weight of 10 stone and began to have issues with it.
A teen injury made matters worse, and by the time he was 17, he weighed more than 36 stone.
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