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Every massively obese person is different. Some are completely imobile at 416, others are on their feet all day and moving around. Which one is he?
Also, you need to get him to be frank with you and tell you what he eats all day. That will at least give you a rough estimate on how many cals he is consuming for maintenance. From there, it should be easy. You dont need to starve him. He'll lose weight regardless.
Before you make any adjustments, have him cut stuff like fruit juice and soda out immediately. The vast majority of soda drinkers have no clue that they are consuming liquid calories and a shit load at that. Putting him on strictly protein from where he's at now is a shock and most will quit quickly. Ease him into it. First, no soda. Then no snacks. Keep him to meals. Then, educate him on constructing a "meal." High protein, lower carb, etc. Eventually itll be 2 months in and he's eating relatively clean and 1/2 the calories he was originally consuming. That plus some activity, fat will melt off him.
This is practically how I lost 170lbs after becoming a 320lb worthless alcoholic. First, cut out the 'small big' things; drinkable calories in the form of alcohol and sodas. If they're abusing, they'll lose like crazy from that alone. Then, cutting out processed food and simple sugars, slowly cutting out snacking and junk foods. Progressively cleaner eating, then ease into low carb or keto. Then intermittent fasting, like one meal a day. That one meal, even if big and fatty, is typically good enough to still have them in a significant deficit.