Correction to: International Journal of Obesity advance online publication, 10 October 2017; doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2017.220

Following the publication of this article, the authors would like to add the following sentence to the ‘competing interests’ statement

‘AA is a consultant for Gelesis Inc. concerning scientific advice unrelated to the current paper.’

The authors wish to apologize if the original declaration could be considered incomplete.