Determinants of Childhood Adiposity: Evidence from the Australian LOOK Study

Richard D. Telford; Ross B. Cunningham; Rohan M. Telford; Malcolm Riley; Walter P. Abhayaratna

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050014

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Determinants of Childhood Adiposity: Evidence from the Australian LOOK Study

Richard D. Telford ,

* E-mail: rtelford@cominst.org.au

Affiliations College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Academic Unit of Internal Medicine, Canberra Hospital, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Ross B. Cunningham,

Affiliation Fenner School for Environment and Society, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Rohan M. Telford,

Affiliation Centre for Research and Action in Public Health, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Malcolm Riley,

Affiliation Division of Food and Nutritional Sciences, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Walter P. Abhayaratna

Affiliations College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Academic Unit of Internal Medicine, Canberra Hospital, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Determinants of Childhood Adiposity: Evidence from the Australian LOOK Study

Richard D. Telford,
Ross B. Cunningham,
Rohan M. Telford,
Malcolm Riley,
Walter P. Abhayaratna

Published: November 21, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0050014

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authors' correction

Posted by DickTelford on 07 Dec 2012 at 21:28 GMT

energy intake (p = 0.05
http://plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0050014#article1.body1.sec3.sec2.p3

The p value describing the significance of the negative relationship between percent body fat and the logarithm of energy intake in the boys is correctly described as p=0.15 in Table 2, but incorrectly as p=0.05 here in the text, and in the abstract. Our overall finding of a lack of any evidence that community based children with higher percent body fat consume more energy than those with lower percent body fat is unaffected by this error. It should also be noted that the statistically significant negative relationship between percent body fat and energy intake in the 8 year-old boys (p=0.003, paragraph 5 of the Relationships section of the Results) supports the negative trend (p=0.15) seen in the boys overall.

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