Juan Pedro Franco Salas, the Aguascalientes native known internationally as the world’s most obese man, passed away on December 29, at the age of 41, due to complications from a kidney infection. His death marks the end of a medical journey that began in Guadalajara and became a story of human resilience.
Franco’s name became synonymous with the global obesity crisis in 2016 when, at 32 years old and weighing approximately 595 kilograms, he was certified as the world’s “heaviest living man” by the Guinness Book of World Records. His story took a pivotal turn when he came under the care of Dr. José Antonio Castañeda and a multidisciplinary team in Guadalajara, as chronicled by this newspaper.
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