Correction to : International Journal of Obesity (2006) 30, 1163–1165; doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803248; published online 31 January 2006

Since the publication of this paper it has been noticed that there is an error in Table 1.

Table 1 on Page 1164.

Unit for VAT and SAT

Although we reported our unit in cm2, the correct unit is cm3 per 0.6-cm height. Dividing the value by 0.6 gives the number in cm2.

These changes to do not affect the results or conclusions and the authors apologise for this error.