I am confident that the best answer is Jean Nidetch. The Weight
Watchers organization, which was founded by Jean Nidetch, has been
turning people into "losers" (of excess weight) for nearly 44 years.
"In 1961, Jean Nidetch, a Brooklyn-born housewife, was fighting a
losing battle against her appetite, which included a penchant for
sneaking biscuits. One day, she invited six similarly mired
girlfriends over to her modest apartment in Queens, New York,
ostensibly for coffee, but also to talk about their feelings and
experiences.
It could easily have ended there, but the next time they met, Nidetch
handed out copies of a slimming plan she?d picked up from a New York
City Department of Health obesity clinic. The following week, three
others came; within two months, 40 people filled her flat, seeking the
support of fellow dieters. Meetings began to be held in other people?s
houses. The plan worked well enough; Nidetch, who weighed in at 88
kilograms, shed more than 27kg.
Her burgeoning leadership skills and the group dynamic evidently
helped others. In 1963, she transferred her expanding kaffeeklatsch to
a nearby theatre in Queens. Fifty people were expected to attend, but
after 400 showed up, Nidetch found a business partner, Al Lippert, and
together they launched Weight Watchers."
The Age: Weigh to Go
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/10/18/1066364540638.html?from=storyrhs&oneclick=true
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