My 600-lb Life (2012)

Genre

reality television

Country

United States

Length

13 seasons, 153 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 38 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This reality series follows people who weigh at least 600 pounds over a year as they try to lose weight. They work with a surgeon who first puts them on a strict diet and may later offer weight loss surgery.

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What happens

My 600-lb Life is an American reality television series that has aired on the TLC television network from 2012 to 2025. Each episode follows a year in the life of morbidly obese individuals, who usually begin the episode weighing at least 600 pounds (270 kg), and documents their attempts to reduce their weight to a healthy level. Update episodes, called "Where Are They Now?", feature one or more previous patients, picking up a year or more after their original episodes aired. Patients are placed under the care of Houston surgeon Younan Nowzaradan (often referred to as "Dr. Now"), who first has them attempt losing weight on their own by following a strict diet, and then depending on the patient's progress may offer gastric bypass surgery or sleeve gastrectomy to further assist in weight loss. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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