The Fit or Fat Woman - Tapa dura

More than three million people have learned how to get thin and stay fit with the easy, workable Fit-or-Fat program. This woman's book brings a new angle to aerobic and strength-building advice, diet basics, and the particular social pressures women face. Special sections deal with depression, PMS, anorexia, and bulimia.

Covert Bailey is a popular PBS personality and best-selling author on fitness and nutrition, whose Fit or Fat series of books has sold nearly 6 million copies. One of the first to emphasize body fat and body fat testing, he has taught millions of people about low-fat eating and adopting flexible exercise programs that are both fun and healthy. Covert Bailey earned his undergraduate degree at Harvard and received a M.S. degree in biochemistry from MIT. He likes to say that his training in graduate school was spent with fit rats and fat rats.

Larry J. Bailey attended Ball State University and taught high school industrial arts prior to completing the Doctor of Education degree in Vocational Education at the University of Illinois. Before joining Southern Illinois University in 1969, he held faculty research appointments at the University of Illinois and at the University of Iowa. The author of seven books and more than 100 other book chapters, articles, papers, and reports, Dr. Bailey also served as a member of the National Advisory Council on Career Education and the Advisory Council on Adult, Vocational, and Technical Education, State of Illinois. Dr. Bailey retired from his professorship at SIU in 2004, but continues to work part-time on the development of instructional materials for distance learning and other special projects for the Department of Workforce Education and Development.