Correction to: International Journal of Obesity (2010) 34, 1608–1617; doi:10.1038/ijo.2010.88; published online 11 May 2010

After the publication of the above article, the authors noticed an error in the paragraph ‘Animals and experimental design’. The first sentence should have been:

‘A total of 36 male 6-week-old Golden Syrian hamsters were purchased from the National Laboratory Animal Breeding and Research Center.’

The authors would like to apologize for this mistake.