Dr. Linda Bacon to join NAAFA’s HAES Summit

July 19, 2010 - PRLog -- Oakland, CA - NAAFA is honored to announce that Dr. Linda Bacon, Nutrition Professor, Researcher and Author of the internationally acclaimed book, Health At Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight will join the first NAAFA HAES Summit to be held on Monday, August 9, 2010 at the San Francisco Airport Westin Hotel in Millbrae, California.

Dr. Bacon will participate in the first morning session entitled ‘When the Headlines Don’t Match the Data’, moderated by Dr. Deb Burgard, psychologist and HAES Expert. Dr. Bacon will join Nutritionist Emeritus Joanne Ikeda from the University of California, Berkeley and Assistant Professor, Friedrich Schorb from the University of Bremen, Germany.

This session will review the problems to look for in obesity studies and examine their inherent bias against fat people. Other sessions will focus on the next generation of HAES leaders, strategies to incorporate HAES into various health disciplines and a review of going beyond the HAES definition into action through the new academic discipline of Fat Studies.

The summit will wrap up with a Poster Session & Market place of Ideas, where HAES professionals and representatives from HAES based organizations will be featured. This venue will welcome attendees to network, exchange ideas, share materials and resources.

For more details on the exciting summit agenda, please visit the NAAFA HAES Summit Schedule web page at:
http://www.naafaonline.com/naafasummit2010//schedule/inde...  

To register for the summit, please go to the NAAFA Registration webpage at
https://www.gifttool.com/registrar/ShowEventDetails?ID=15...  

Founded in 1969, NAAFA is a non-profit civil rights organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for fat people. NAAFA works to eliminate discrimination based on body size and provide fat people with the tools for self-empowerment through public education, advocacy, and member support.
 
On the web:  http://www.naafa.org  
           
For more information contact:
Peggy Howell, Public Relations Director, NAAFA
email:  naafa_pr@yahoo.com   phone:  (707)246-6116

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Founded in 1969, NAAFA is a non-profit civil rights organization dedicated to ending size discrimination. Our goal is for people of size to be accepted with dignity and equality and will pursue this goal through advocacy, public education, and support.