Rosemary Jean Neil Conley CBE, DL (née Weston, 19 December 1946)[1] is an English businesswoman, author and broadcaster on exercise and health. Conley authored a low-fat diet and exercise programme, The Hip & Thigh Diet in 1988, which sold more than two million copies. However, her spot theory of fat reduction which claims people can lose fat specifically from the hips and thighs has no scientific basis.
Early life
Conley attended Bushloe High School in Leicestershire and Goddards Secretarial College in Leicester.[1] She then studied for an RSA in Exercise to Music.
Career
After losing weight herself, Conley began by running evening classes for local women looking to lose weight in 1972, under the name the Slimming & Good Grooming Club.[1] She established a number of slimming clubs, which she later sold to IPC for £50,000,[2]