Correction to: International Journal of Obesity advanced online publication 17 July 2007; doi: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803683

After the publication of the above paper, the authors have noticed an error in Figure 1, as the position of one plot should be changed and two plots should be erased, while statistical results remain unchanged. The correct figure is shown below.

Figure 3
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Relations between METs·h/w and %ΔWeight/w during interventions in the all selected groups (a) and after excluding the groups with metabolic-related disorder subjects (b). Abbreviations: METs·h/w, Σ(metabolic equivalents × hour) per week; %ΔWeight/w, percentage of weight change per week; r, Pearson's correlate coefficient; , the group with a significant visceral fat reduction (P<0.05); , the group without a significant visceral fat reduction (P<0.05). The groups without a weight loss intentionally were excluded for these analysis.

The authors apologize for the errors.