TLC show features struggles of those who are morbidly obese. After a suicide attempt, Olivia dropped from 440 to 256 pounds. Courtesy of TLC Dec.26, 2013 — -- Olivia was a middle-aged woman, ...

At approximately 900lbs, Ricky Naputi is one of the world's fattest men. His vast size has kept him bed-bound in his home on the Pacific island of Guam for the past five years. But tonight, a TLC ...

Extremely obese people — those with a body mass index (BMI) greater than 40 kg/m 2 — have higher mortality rates, and most of these additional deaths are caused by cancer, heart disease, and diabetes, ...

Once weighing in at 630 pounds, David Smith now works as a personal trainer. Aug. 6, 2010 — -- For most of his life, David Smith was overweight, but by age 24 he tipped the scale at a whopping ...