Kenneth H. COOPER

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库伯肯尼思先生出生于1931年3月4号，美国奥克拉荷马城，医学博士，前美国空军上校。库伯先生的头衔还包括世界有氧运动之父，美国总统私人医生，以及美国国家青少年健康标准的制定者。在库伯先生早年长达13年的从军生涯中，他发展了一套名为有氧运动点数的记分系统，这个系统可以迅速建立起一套数据化健康标准，至今仍然被包括美国军方在内的大量组织机构所使用。1968年，库伯先生的第一本名为《有氧运动》的书问世了，它第一次向人们介绍了有氧运动的概念，从那以后，数以百万计的人开始按照书中所说的方式来逐渐改善自己的健康状况。13年的从军生涯结束以后，库伯先生在美国达拉斯建立了库伯有氧运动中心，中心中包括7家健康与保健公司，库伯先生本人担任董事长。同时，在达拉斯和麦吉尼两处，库伯先生建立了涉及研究和教育的非营利性机构，库伯机构。今天，库伯先生被认为是国际体格健康运动的领导者，并且在推动人类有氧运动方面做出了卓越的贡献。

Kenneth H. Cooper (born March 4, 1931, in Oklahoma City) is a doctor of medicine and former Air Force Colonel who introduced the concept of aerobics; he is also the private medical doctor for American president, and the maker of healthy standard of teenagers in the United States. During Cooper’s 13 years of service in the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force, he had devised an Aerobics Point System which can help to quickly establish the fitness level to a large number of people, and this system is used today by a large number of organizations worldwide. In 1968, Cooper released his first book named Aerobics first introducing the concept of aerobics to the world, since then, millions of people have been inspired to exercise for good health following Cooper’s words in the book. After the career in the U.S. military, Cooper founded Cooper Aerobics Center in Dallas where he serves as Chairman of seven health and wellness companies and The Cooper Institute research and education nonprofit, with a second location at Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas. Today, Cooper is recognized as the leader of the international physical fitness movement and credited with motivating more people to exercise in pursuit of good health than any other person.