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CORVALLIS, Ore. - Linda Bacon, author of "Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About your Weight," will speak about weight prejudice and body acceptance at Oregon State University in Corvallis on Thursday, May 22.

Bacon's presentation, "The Next Public Health Challenge: Losing the Anti-Obesity Paradigm," will examine myths about obesity and problems with a health agenda that is focused on the concept of thinness. She'll also offer an alternative that does not use weight as a barometer for health or promote weight loss as a means to achieving better health.

Bacon will speak from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the Withycombe Theatre, 2901 S.W. Campus Way. The event is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by Healthy Campus Initiatives and the School of Psychological Science in the College of Liberal Arts at OSU.

Bacon is a professor, researcher and author who combines academic expertise and clinical experience to bring together scientific research and practical application. She focuses on well-being rather than weight to help people of all sizes achieve fitness, health and happiness without dieting.

She is an assistant researcher in the nutrition department and teaches nutrition at City College of San Francisco. She holds a doctorate in physiology from the University of California, Davis.