Английская Википедия:Covert Bailey

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Covert Bailey (b. 1931) is a retired author, television personality, and lecturer on fitness and diet during the 1990s.[1] His best selling book, Fit or Fat, first published in 1978, emphasized the role of aerobic exercise and weightlifting in promoting weight-loss. From 1978 to 1999, he authored or co-authored 8 different books on health, diet, and nutrition. In 1990 Bailey appeared in a PBS series Fit or Fat for the 90s, produced by KVIE of Sacramento, California. [2]

Biography

Bailey was born in Boston, and briefly attended Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, before dropping out to enlist in the U.S. Army in 1952.[3] After graduating from the Army Language School in Monterey, California, he served in the U.S. Army in Germany during the Cold War.[3] After his service, he re-entered college and earned a bachelor's and a master's degree from Boston University in geology. In 1967 he enrolled in the master's program in nutritional biochemistry. He began his career as a nutritionist working for the California Dairy Council, giving lectures on diet, and gradually built up his skills as a lecturer.[3]

References

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  1. Bailey, Covert (1999). The Ultimate Fit or Fat, p. 136. Houghton Mifflin, New York. Шаблон:ISBN.
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