My 600-Lb. Life has changed the lives of many of its most memorable stars throughout its tenure — and the long-running series shows no signs of slowing down.
The reality show premiered on TLC in February 2012, documenting the journeys of obese patients as they attempt to lose weight via significant lifestyle change and surgical intervention. Bariatric surgeon Dr. Younan Nowzaradan (a.k.a. Dr. Now) oversees the process, which often involves developing new eating patterns and undergoing an approved gastric bypass procedure if and when certain criteria are met.
“It just happened,” Nowzaradan told Houstonia magazine in October 2017 of how the series came to be. “I was operating on a lot of 600-pound people.”
The surgeon hoped that the show would be helpful not only to his patients but also to viewers and his colleagues.
“We continue to try to provide education for everyone. That’s the reason I started the television series, [which] was to make an impression on the medical community that they should take care of these patients,” he explained at the 2016 ObesityHelp National Conference. “Another reason important to me was to have a show that provided inspiration for people and for the medical community with my hope to change [biased] opinions about morbidly obese people.”
Scroll through the gallery below to see where stars from My 600-Lb. Life are now.
