Correction to: International Journal of Obesity (2004) 28, 1189–1196. doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802787

An error occurs in the second paragraph of the introduction and the correction to the sentence is reproduced below:

In the Lissau et al paper, the 95th centiles is mentioned overweight in order to be in accordance with the American norms.

The Publisher would like to apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused.