Correction to: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 68, 309–315; doi:10.1038/ejcn.2013.260; published online 8 January 2014

Since the publication of this article, the authors have noticed that the figures in Table 1 were incorrect due to a layout error. Below is the corrected table.

Table 1 Weight and waist circumference by birth cohort, Nambour Study, 1992 and 2007

The authors apologize for any inconvenience caused.