My 600lb Life-Where Do They Get All Their Money From?

I used to watch this years ago but don't any more. It was pretty obvious to me that they get their money from the TV producers because without being able to get them to Dr Now's clinic there wouldn't be a programme.

I wouldn't watch it now because it is exploitative.

Dr. Nowzardan is fantastic. His patience with some of his clients is legendary. He keeps them going where many other doctors would have given up on them.

It's true that the vast majority of the obese people have had horrible childhoods, with abusive parents, poverty and in some cases homelessness. They eat to deal with the trauma.

I never thought there would be a Wiki article about the program and have just read it. It's very sad that some of the people featured have had such adverse experiences most often in their younger lives which drove them to emotional overeating. I think that Dr Now is a fabulous doctor and I hope he gets job satisfaction from those he helps. Some seem to mess about and don't stick to his advice, perhaps not realising what danger they are in.

twaddle

It's an American programme and it seems like "fat porn" for the interest of a peculiar form of voyeurism.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_600-lb_Life

When my mother had dementia and was well past being able to follow anything with a plot, I’d sometimes put a similar programme (American extreme obesity) on for her to watch.
She would be more or less glued to it, saying, ‘Dear oh dear! Dear oh dear!’ over and over.

I’d had to be careful with formerly popular wildlife programmes, since more than once she had thought there was e.g, a polar bear rampaging about upstairs.

Well there’s your answer, being partially funded by the tv show. No idea where the rest of the cash came from and frankly I really don’t care. I think it’s so sad this is on tv, that they got so heavy in the first instance and that people seem to enjoy watching it.

It's an American programme and it seems like "fat porn" for the interest of a peculiar form of voyeurism.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_600-lb_Life

Of course it is none of your business but it is of general interest.
I watched some of theses programmes a few years ago and I agree, they spend hundreds of dollars on food every week but never leave the house so must be living on either welfare or the money from the programmes.
I didn’t know the programme was still on as the Dr doing the ops looked too old to be operating then so he must be either dead or in his dotage now.

I’ve no idea and don’t watch this programme. I’m very overweight, but nowhere near this and they should have received help long before they reached their extraordinary weights.

Is this a UK or USA programme?

I don’t really care where they get their money from, it’s none of my business.