My 600-lb Life
| My 600-lb Life | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Reality |
| Directed by | Jonathan Nowzaradan Conor McAnally |
| Starring | Younan Nowzaradan, MD |
| Composer | David Hamburger |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 70 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Jack Tarantino Cameo Wallace Ron Bowman Jeff Keels Graham Davidson Tom Mireles Jonathan Nowzaradan |
| Producers | Leslie Appleyard Amy Yerrington Dawn Cooper Johnson |
| Production locations | Houston, Texas |
| Cinematography | Taylor Rudd |
| Editors | Shrader Thomas Jennifer Kovacs Gareth Dawson John Gehrke Knox Hughes |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 60–120 minutes |
| Production company | Megalomedia |
| Original release | |
| Network | The Learning Channel (TLC) |
| Release | February 1, 2012 – present |
My 600-lb Life is a reality television series that has aired on the TLC television network since 2012. Each episode follows a year in the life of one or more super morbidly obese individuals, who each begin the episode weighing around 600 pounds (270 kg), and documents their attempts to reduce their weight to a healthy level.
Patients are placed under the care of Houston surgeon Younan Nowzaradan (often referred to as simply "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.[1] Dr. Nowzaradan's clinic featured on the show is located at 4009 Bellaire Boulevard in Houston, and surgeries are performed at St. Joseph Medical Center, 1401 St. Joseph Parkway, in Houston, Texas.
Concept
This series was originally a five-part miniseries involving four morbidly obese patients. Because of its popularity, new episodes were filmed, including a "Where Are They Now?" retrospective in Season 4 that follows up on previous patients to track their weight-loss journey months or years after bariatric surgery.[2]
In Season 1, patients were filmed over a period of seven years (2004–2011). Beginning with Season 2, patients were filmed for only one year.
Beginning with Season 5, new episodes will be filmed as 2-hour episodes instead of 1-hour. This was previously done with Melissa's Story (split into two parts) and Lupe's Story. Recap episodes titled under "Supersized" and "Extended", which include additional facts and footage respectively, also aired during this season.
Subject outcomes
As of August 2018, all but four of the patients involved in this series are still alive despite their potentially life-threatening condition of morbid obesity. Henry Foots, who was featured in season one, died of an illness unrelated to his weight loss surgery in 2013.[3]
Susan Farmer, who appeared in an episode on the show's third season, notably faced neuropathy as a result of her weight, which was profiled on the show.[4]
Robert Buchel was featured in season six and died in November 2017 during filming of the show, as a result of a heart attack while staying in a skilled nursing facility in Houston.[5] Buchel's death was the first in the series to be featured during the patient's respective episode.
James “L.B.” Bonner, who was also featured on the sixth season of the show, died on August 2, 2018, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.[6]
Lisa Fleming, a third sixth season participant, died on August 23, 2018.[7]
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 6 | February 1, 2012 | March 26, 2012 | |
| 2 | 8 | January 7, 2014 | February 25, 2014 | |
| 3 | 10 | January 7, 2015 | April 8, 2015 | |
| 4 | 12 | January 6, 2016 | May 18, 2016 | |
| 5 | 14 | January 4, 2017 | April 16, 2017 | |
| 6 | 16 | January 3, 2018 | May 9, 2018 | |
| 7 | 20 | January 2, 2019 | May 15, 2019 | |
| 8 | 16 | January 1, 2020 | April 15, 2020 | |
| 9 | 13 | December 30, 2020 | March 24, 2021 | |
| 10 | 15 | November 3, 2021 | February 9, 2022 | |
| 11 | 8 | February 1, 2023 | March 22, 2023 | |
| 12 | 7 | March 6, 2024 | April 17, 2024 | |
References
- ^ King, Brittany (May 30, 2017). "My 600-Lb. Life Dr. Nowzaradan on Why It's Difficult for Patients to Keep the Weight Off". People.
{{cite web}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ "'My 600-lb Life: Where are They Now?': Have They Kept The Weight Off?". The Huffington Post. March 27, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
- ^ "Henry Foots Obituary". Retrieved November 17, 2017 – via Legacy.com.
- ^ Langston, Charlie (February 12, 2015). "Obese woman faces permanent paralysis after undergoing drastic weight loss surgery in the latest episode of My 600lb Life". Daily Mail.
{{cite web}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ Bever, Lindsey (March 2, 2018). "A 'My 600-lb Life' participant died while filming his fight to lose weight". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
- ^ https://radaronline.com/exclusives/2018/08/lb-bonner-dead-my-600-pound-life/
- ^ Hearon, Sarah (August 24, 2018). "'My 600-lb Life' Star Lisa Fleming Dead at 50". US Weekly. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
External links
- My 600-lb Life at TLC.com