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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. According to WorldCat, the book is held in 1145 libraries ^[2] 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. ^[3]

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.^[4] After graduating from the Army Language School in Monterey, California, he served in the U.S. Army in Germany during the Cold War.^[4] 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.^[4]

References

1. ^Bailey, Covert (1999). The Ultimate Fit or Fat, p. 136. Houghton Mifflin, New York. {{ISBN|0618002049}}.
2. ^WorldCat book entry
3. ^ {{cite web |url=http://www.kvie.org/aboutus/history.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-10-29 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129074932/http://www.kvie.org/aboutus/history.htm |archivedate=2009-01-29 |df= }}
4. ^¹²{{cite news|last1=Kelley|first1=Jack|title=On the Subject of Fitness, This Best-Selling Author Is Right on Target|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20088683,00.html|accessdate=September 20, 2014|publisher=People|date=September 17, 1984}}

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