Lighten Up America is the only national radio show aimed at bringing information about this exciting, new life saving procedure to mainstream America. Hosted by radio personality Dan Schulz, who has undergone the surgery, Lighten Up America presents listeners with news, facts, information, and resources about the operation. The show also includes interviews with doctors, nutritionists, celebrities and satisfied patients. The program is a virtual "everything-you-always-wanted- to-know-about-gastric-bypass- surgery” show. Schulz is perhaps the strongest believer in the surgery, for this past fall Dr. Christine Ren from the NYU Program For Surgical Weight Loss performed a Roux-en Y gastric bypass on him. "I am convinced that this is the only successful way to take weight off and leave it off," Schulz said.