- Juan Pedro Franco is the heaviest man in the world.
- He weighed 595kgs before his treatment started in a hospital in Guadalajara, Mexico.
- Till now he has been on a three month diet so as to prepare him for a gastric bypass surgery.
- Dr. Jose Antonio Castaneda Cruz, Franco's doctor has now given a date for the surgery.
- According to Dr.Cruz, Franco has lost almost 30 per cent of his initial weight and is ready to undergo a surgery.
- Earlier it was impossible because of his obesity related conditions and diabetes.
- While the first gastric bypass surgery will reduce Franco's weight by 50 per cent, a second operation will be required later.
- Due to obesity Franco cannot walk and hadn't left his home for the past six years.