Retraction to: International Journal of Obesity (2014) 38, 1440–1448; doi:10.1038/ijo.2014.20

At the request of the INRA, and following an external investigation, the Editors and Publisher have agreed to retract this paper owing to image manipulation.

FA Duca, B Langelier, F Devime, H Blottiere, C Delorme, P Renault and M Covasa agree to the retraction of this paper; M Covasa, however, does not agree to the language of this retraction notice. Y Sakar could not be reached to comment on the retraction.

The corrigendum associated with this article, doi:10.1038/ijo.2014.54 has also been retracted.