Younan Nowzaradan

Younan Nowzaradan
یونان نوزرادان
Born (1944-10-11) October 11, 1944 (age 81)
Tehran, Iran
Other namesDr. Now
Alma materUniversity of Tehran (MD)
Occupations
  • Surgeon
  • TV personality
  • author
Known forAppearances on My 600-lb Life & The 6000 lb Diaries with Dr. Now
Spouse
Delores McRedmond
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(m. 1975; div. 2004)​
Children3

Younan Nowzaradan (Pronounced Navzaradan; Persian: یونان نوزرادان; born October 11, 1944),[1] also known as Dr. Now, is an Iranian-born American doctor, TV personality, and author. He specializes in vascular surgery and bariatric surgery. He is known for helping morbidly obese people lose weight on My 600-lb Life (2012–present)[2][3] and The 6000 lb Diaries with Dr. Now (2025).

Education and medical career

Nowzaradan was born and raised in Tehran, Iran. In 1970, he graduated from the University of Tehran with a Doctor of Medicine degree. He then moved to the United States. He participated in the Medical Orientation Program at Saint Louis University in 1971 and completed a Rotating Surgical Internship at St. John Hospital (operated by St. John Providence Health System) in Detroit. Nowzaradan is currently affiliated with Houston Obesity Surgery in Houston, and practices at several local hospitals.[4][better source needed] He is the author of several scholarly publications on obesity and laparoscopy.[5]

Media appearances

Nowzaradan has been on My 600-lb Life since 2012[6] and The 6000 lb Diaries with Dr. Now since 2025.[citation needed] He has also appeared on installments of Body Shock, including the episodes "Half Ton Dad", "Half Ton Teen", and "Half Ton Mum".[6] He also published two books titled Last Chance to Live (2017) and The Scale Does Not Lie, People Do (2019).[7]

Personal life

Nowzaradan married Delores McRedmond in 1975.[8] The couple had three children together.[9] Delores petitioned for divorce in 2002, and the divorce was finalized in 2004.[8] His son, Jonathan Nowzaradan (b. 1978), works as a director and producer for My 600-lb Life.[10][11]

Publications

Books

  • Nowzaradan, Younan. Last Chance to Live. Younan Nowzaradan. ISBN 978-0-9972252-0-4.
  • Nowzaradan, Younan (2019). The Scale Does Not Lie, People Do: Reversing Obesity Now : Dr. Nowzaradan Takes a Closer Look at Obesity and the Essential Solutions for the 21st Century. Younan Nowzaradan M.D. ISBN 978-0-9972252-1-1.

Articles

References

  1. ^ King, Brittany (May 30, 2017). "My 600-Lb. Life Dr. Nowzaradan on Why It's Difficult for Patients to Keep the Weight Off". People. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  2. ^ "Dr. Now". TLC. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  3. ^ Levitt, Alice (October 2, 2017). "Dr. Younan Nowzaradan of My 600-lb Life, a Weight-Loss Doctor Who's No Quack". Houstonia. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  4. ^ "Meet Doctor Nowzaradan". Houston Obesity Surgery. Archived from the original on January 14, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  5. ^ Search Results for author Nowzaradan Y on PubMed.
  6. ^ a b "My 600-lb Life", IMDb, February 2012, retrieved March 30, 2019[better source needed]
  7. ^ Iracheta, Michelle (October 3, 2019). "'My 600-lb Life' Houston doctor reveals 22 weight loss tips in exclusive interview". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
  8. ^ a b "Younan Nowzaradan v. Delores Nowzaradan--Appeal from 311th District Court of Harris County". Justia Law.
  9. ^ "Dr Nowzaradan wife and children, has he moved on after divorce from ex-wife?". Thecelebsinfo. October 16, 2023.[user-generated source?]
  10. ^ Burton, Toddy (August 3, 2007). "For TLC, With a Little TLC". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  11. ^ Hahn, Patrick D. (April 12, 2017). "Cutting edge: bariatric surgery may do more harm than good". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on April 8, 2019. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
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