Randomised controlled trial of four commercial weight loss programmes in the UK: initial findings from the BBC "diet trials"

doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1418-c

Correction for Truby et al., BMJ 332 (7553) 1309-1314.

BMJ 2006;332:1418 (17 June), doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1418-c

Correction

Randomised controlled trial of four commercial weight loss programmes in the UK: initial findings from the BBC "diet trials"

During the writing, rewriting, and editing of this researchpaper by Helen Truby and colleagues (BMJ 2006;332:1309-11, 3June), some small errors crept into table 3 of the full versionon bmj.com (table 2 of the print version). In the control groupthe mean (SD) fall in cholesterol during 2-6 months should be0.24 (0.6) (not 0.24 (0.24) as written) and during 0-6 monthsshould be 0.18 (0.5) (not 0.5 (0.18)). The table footnote shouldhave stated that the fall in total cholesterol at 2 months inthe Weight Watchers, Rosemary Conley, and Slim-Fast groups wassignificantly different from that in the control group. However,the text is correct in explaining these differences, and theconclusions drawn are not affected by the errors.