My 600-lb Life

Name: My 600-lb Life
Genre: Reality
Released: 2012-02-01
Duration: 84 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Dr. Younan Nowzaradan

TV-14 2012 1 h 24 min / per episode 13 seasons · 153 episodes

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Telling powerful stories in hourlong episodes, TLC follows medical journeys of morbidly obese people as they attempt to save their own lives. The featured individuals - each weighing more than 600 pounds confront lifelong emotional and physical struggles as they make the courageous decision to undergo high-risk gastric bypass surgery. In addition to drastically changing their appearances, they hope to reclaim their independence, mend relationships with friends and family, and renew their feelings of self-worth.

Status: Returning series
First air date: 01/02/2012
Original language: English

Main cast

Dr. Younan Nowzaradan as Himself

Seasons and episodes

Specials

3 episodes · 2012

Season 1

5 episodes · 2012

Follow four people, each weighing more than 650 lbs., as they collectively try to lose one ton. From being bedridden and dependent on the care of others to facing risky surgery to

Season 2

8 episodes · 2014

Follow the year-long journey of eight people - each weighing over 600 lbs. - who will need to lose thousands of pounds, collectively, in order to survive and take control of their

Season 3

10 episodes · 2015

Meet eight new individuals ready to embark on the most physically challenging and emotionally taxing year of their lives. Each episode tracks one morbidly obese individual - many o

Season 4

12 episodes · 2016

This season of My 600-lb Life follows the lives of twelve people, each weighing over 600 pounds. Through their year-long journeys, they will need to lose thousands of pounds, colle

Season 5

14 episodes · 2017

For some, looking in the mirror forces them to face their whole life of struggle through the lens of their physical appearance and just making it through another day is a triumph.

Season 6

18 episodes · 2018

Telling powerful stories in hourlong episodes, TLC follows medical journeys of morbidly obese people as they attempt to save their own lives. The featured individuals -- each weigh