SIRIUS XM To Broadcast 'Doctor Radio Reports: The Skinny On Dieting'

SIRIUS XM To Broadcast 'Doctor Radio Reports: The Skinny On Dieting'

As summer approaches, weight loss experts offer tips and advice for healthy living, break down diet myths and facts, and take calls from around the country How to lose weight, how to keep it off, how to make dieting work for you

NEW YORK, May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SIRIUS XM Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) today announced that it will broadcast Doctor Radio Reports: The Skinny on Dieting, a one-hour live call-in special hosted by veteran journalist Perri Peltz on May 7 from 10:00 - 11:00 am ET on Doctor Radio, SIRIUS channel 114 and XM channel 119.

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On the show Peltz and two weight-loss experts, Marina Kurian, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery and Medical Director for The NYU Langone Weight Management Program at NYU Langone Medical Center and Louis Aronne, MD, co-author of The Skinny: Losing Weight without Being Hungry, will take calls for the entire hour and offer listeners advice and tips on everything they need to know about losing weight and diets, including:

-- How to lose weight--and how to keep it off
-- How to make dieting work for you
-- How to maintain an energetic and healthy lifestyle all year long
-- What diets to avoid
-- The truth behind diets fads and myths

Doctor Radio Reports: The Skinny on Dieting will replay May 8 at 10:00 am ET and May 9 at 12:00 pm ET.

Dr. Marina Kurian is the Assistant Professor of Surgery and Medical Director for The NYU Langone Weight Management Program at NYU Langone Medical Center. Dr. Louis Aronne, co-author of The Skinny: Losing Weight without Being Hungry - The Ultimate Guide to Weight Loss Success, has directed the Comprehensive Weight Control Program at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center since 1986. A former president of the Obesity Society, Dr. Aronne was also one of the original hosts on TV Food Network.

Doctor Radio features live, call-in shows hosted by leading NYU Langone Medical Center doctors from a vast array of fields including: child psychology; sexual health; plastic surgery; emergency room medicine; cancer; heart health; women's health; dermatology; pediatrics; men's health; diet and nutrition; sports medicine; psychiatry; and more. For sample audio clips and a complete programming lineup visit www.sirius.com/doctorradio.

About SIRIUS XM Radio

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SIRIUS XM Radio has content relationships with an array of personalities and artists, including Howard Stern, Martha Stewart, Oprah Winfrey, Rosie O'Donnell, Jamie Foxx, Barbara Walters, Opie & Anthony, Bubba the Love Sponge®, Bob Edwards, Chris "Mad Dog" Russo, Jimmy Buffett, The Grateful Dead, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty. SIRIUS XM Radio is the leader in sports programming as the Official Satellite Radio Partner of the NFL, Major League Baseball®, NASCAR®, NBA, NHL®, and PGA TOUR® and major college sports.

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SIRIUS XM Radio also offers SIRIUS Backseat TV, the first ever live in-vehicle rear seat entertainment featuring Nickelodeon, Disney Channel and Cartoon Network; XM NavTraffic® service for GPS navigation systems delivers real-time traffic information, including accidents and road construction, for more than 80 North American markets.

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Contact for SIRIUS XM Radio:
Hillary Schupf
212.901.6739
hillary.schupf@siriusxm.com

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CONTACT: Hillary Schupf, SIRIUS XM Radio, +1-212-901-6739,
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Web Site: http://www.sirius.com/doctorradio

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