| 'Fattest Brothers in Mexico' Slim Down After Death of Obese Father Victoria Taylor - New York Daily News | |
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This old family photo shows Juan Luis Vanegas Bravo, right, at 8 years old and his brother Pedro, left, at 5 years old with their father Juan Manuel. Their dad died of complications related to his morbid obesity in 2005 at the age of 42.
Siblings who were once referred to a "Mexico's fattest" knew they had to make a change.
At age 15, Juan Luis Vanegas Bravo of Mexico City tipped the scales at some 320 pounds. When his younger brother Pedro was 14, he weighed more than 300 pounds.
The boys saw their severely overweight father die in 2005 at the age of 42 from complications caused by his morbid obesity. When they were teenagers, Juan Luis and Pedro sought out doctors who would perform gastric bypass surgery on them, despite the risks.
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