My 600 - lb Life - wikipedia My 600 - lb Life Genre Reality Directed by Jonathan Nowzaradan Conor McAnally Starring Younan Nowzaradan, MD Composer ( s ) David Hamburger Country of origin United States Original language ( s ) English No. of seasons 6 No. of episodes 70 Production Executive producer ( s ) Jack Tarantino Cameo Wallace Ron Bowman Jeff Keels Graham Davidson Tom Mireles Jonathan Nowzaradan Producer ( s ) Leslie Appleyard Amy Yerrington Dawn Cooper Johnson Production location ( s ) Houston, Texas Cinematography Taylor Rudd Editor ( s ) Shrader Thomas Jennifer Kovacs Gareth Dawson John Gehrke Knox Hughes Camera setup Multi-camera Running time 60 -- 120 minutes Production company ( s ) Megalomedia Distributor The Learning Channel ( TLC ) Release Original network TLC Original release February 1, 2012 ( 2012 - 02 - 01 ) -- present External links Website 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. Dr. Nowzaradan 's clinic featured on the show is located at 4009 Bellaire Boulevard in Houston, and surgeries are performed at the Foundation Surgical Hospital of Houston. Contents 1 Concept 2 Subject outcomes 3 Series overview 4 References 5 External links 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Lisa Fleming, a third sixth season participant, died on August 23, 2018. Series overview Season Episodes Originally aired First aired Last aired Network 6 February 1, 2012 ( 2012 - 02 - 01 ) March 26, 2012 ( 2012 - 03 - 26 ) TLC 8 January 7, 2014 ( 2014 - 01 - 07 ) February 25, 2014 ( 2014 - 02 - 25 ) 10 January 7, 2015 ( 2015 - 01 - 07 ) April 8, 2015 ( 2015 - 04 - 08 ) 14 January 6, 2016 ( 2016 - 01 - 06 ) May 18, 2016 ( 2016 - 05 - 18 ) 5 14 January 4, 2017 ( 2017 - 01 - 04 ) April 16, 2017 ( 2017 - 04 - 16 ) 6 18 January 3, 2018 ( 2018 - 01 - 03 ) 2018 ( 2018 ) References Jump up ^ King, Brittany ( May 30, 2017 ). `` My 600 - Lb. Life Dr. Nowzaradan on Why It 's Difficult for Patients to Keep the Weight Off ''. People. Missing or empty url = ( help ) ; access - date = requires url = ( help ) Jump up ^ `` ' My 600 - lb Life : Where are They Now ? ' : Have They Kept The Weight Off ? ''. The Huffington Post. March 27, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Henry Foots Obituary ''. Retrieved November 17, 2017 -- via Legacy.com. Jump up ^ 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. Missing or empty url = ( help ) ; access - date = requires url = ( help ) Jump up ^ 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. Jump up ^ https://radaronline.com/exclusives/2018/08/lb-bonner-dead-my-600-pound-life/ Jump up ^ Hearon, Sarah ( August 24, 2018 ). `` ' My 600 - lb Life ' Star Lisa Fleming Dead at 50 ''. US Weekly. Retrieved August 24, 2018. Jump up ^ `` My 600 - lb Life ''. 1 January 2000. Retrieved 20 April 2017 -- via IMDb. External links My 600 - lb Life at TLC.com Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=My_600-lb_Life&oldid=857068378 '' Categories : 2012 American television series debuts 2010s American television series American reality television series English - language television programs Obesity Television shows set in Houston TLC ( TV network ) programs Hidden categories : Pages using web citations with no URL Pages using citations with accessdate and no URL Pages using infobox television with editor parameter Talk Contents About Wikipedia Italiano Português Edit links This page was last edited on 29 August 2018, at 10 : 33 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: how many seasons of my 600 pound life
Answer: 6