Correction to: International Journal of Obesity (2013) 37, 154–159; doi:10.1038/ijo.2012.106; published online 17 July 2012

Since the publication of this article the authors have noticed an error in the order of the authors.

The order of the authors should be

S Bisset, M Fournier, L Pagani and M Janosz

This error has now been rectified and the corrected article appears in this issue.

The html and online pdf versions have also been rectified and now carry the correct order of author names.

The authors would like to apologize for this error.