Correction to: International Journal of Obesity (2010) 34, 589–592; doi:10.1038/ijo.2009.294; published online 12 January 2010

After the publication of the article, the authors noticed an error in Table 1: the values for corticosterone in Table 1 were calculated as nmol l−1 rather than pmol l−1.

Table 1 Data are the biochemical parameters before and after the challenge

The correct table is reproduced below.

The authors would like to apologize for this mistake.