Catherine M. Cassidy (b. 1959,

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. She is a former editor-in-chief of ''

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'' magazines, as well as the author of ''Win the Fat War for Moms''. She is currently employed as the vice president of marketing by the Beacon Business Group in

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Formative years

Catherine M. Cassidy was born in the

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in the United States in 1959. She was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism by

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. In 2007, she resided with her family in Wisconsin, where she was employed as the editor-in-chief of ''

'', an affiliate of ''

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''.

Career

During her editorial career, Cassidy helped to develop more than two hundred publications on topics pertaining to health, nutrition, and fitness. The former managing editor of '' FIT'' magazine, which was published by Bob Anderson and ''

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'', she has also worked to develop multiple books, articles and magazines. Cassidy was hired as the executive editor of ''

'' in 1997 and was then promoted to the position of editor-in-chief of that publication, a position that she held until 2003, when she stepped down to devote more time to her family. ''Prevention'' became the largest health publication and fourteenth largest magazine in the United States. In 2004, Cassidy was named senior vice president and editor-in-chief of

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, a unit of

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with publications in nineteen languages and forty-eight editions sold in more than sixty countries. She oversaw ''Taste of Home'', the largest food magazine in North America, with a paid circulation of 3.5 million. Still editor-in-chief of ''Taste of Home'' in 2012, Cassidy oversaw a redesign of the brand's magazine in 2011. In 2017, she was hired as the vice president of marketing for the Beacon Business Group, which has offices in

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, Wisconsin."Catherine Cassidy, Vice President of Marketing," Beacon Business Group.

Bibliography

* Cassidy, Catherine, ''Win the Fat War for Moms'', 113 real-life secrets to losing postpregnancy pounds, (2001) Rodale Press, * Cassidy, Catherine and the editors of ''FIT'', ''Figure Maintenance'' (1983), Anderson World Books,

References

External links

Reiman Publications
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