Rosemary Jean Neil Conley CBE, DL (née Weston, 19 December 1946)[1][2] is an English businesswoman, author and broadcaster on exercise and health.

[3] Conley attended Bushloe High School in Leicestershire and Goddards Secretarial College in Leicester.

[2][4] Conley became internationally famous in 1988 via her book The Hip & Thigh Diet, which went on to sell over two million copies.

"[3] The idea has been disproven by scientific research as studies have confirmed that "it is not possible to manipulate diet or use exercise to lose fat from specific parts of the body.

Professor of Surgery Henry Buchwald and colleagues noted that "there is no known basis in this book or elsewhere for the support of this incredible claim.