According to the dieticians, it has been seen that weight loss industry is contributing to the problem of obesity rather than solving it.

Claire Hewat, who is the Chief Executive of the Dieticians Association of Australia, said that to tackle the $58 billion burden on health system, more funding for obesity prevention initiatives were needed.

She also said that broader role should be taken by the Therapeutic Goods Administration in administering weight loss products like meal supplements, pills teas and herbal products.

"There are a lot of cowboys out there, some quite dangerous things out there, and if people don't lose weight and keep it off they go through this yo-yo cycle", Ms Hewat told AAP.

Australian Bureau of Statistics collected data of 2007-2008 National Health Survey which showed that around 19 percent in 1995 and another 37 percent were overweight adult Australians.

She noticed that people thought of all these health products were not doing any harm to them, so they wanted to try all these dangerous things.

It was told by representatives from the food and beverage industry to a Summit that self regulation had led to significant progress in many cases, whereas it was recommended by the Government

representatives to implement standards to enforce food companies to promote healthy eating.