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Correction: Ethnic differences in BMI among Dutch adolescents: what is the role of screen viewing, active commuting to school, and consumption of soft drinks and high-caloric snacks?

Amika S Singh1*, Mai JM Chinapaw1, Johannes Brug2, Stef PJ Kremers3, Tommy LS Visscher2,4 and Willem van Mechelen1

Author Affiliations

1 VU University Medical Center, EMGO-Institute, Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

2 VU University Medical Center, EMGO-Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

3 Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, Universiteit Maastricht, Maastricht, the Netherlands

4 Vrije Universiteit, Institute for Health Sciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2009, 6:40 doi:10.1186/1479-5868-6-40


The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at: http://www.ijbnpa.org/content/6/1/40


Received:29 June 2009
Accepted:7 July 2009
Published:7 July 2009

© 2009 Singh et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Correction

Since publication of our article [1] we have noticed an error. The arrows in figure 1 and 2 [2] from mediator variable to outcome variable and EBRBs and BMI respectively, are pointing in the wrong direction and the correct versions of the figures are now provided with this article.

thumbnailFigure 1. Mediated relationship (according to Baron and Kenny [2]).

thumbnailFigure 2. Energy balance-related behaviours (EBRBs) as a mediator variable of the relationship between BMI and ethnicity (Dutch versus Non-Western).

References

  1. Singh AS, Chinapaw MJ, Brug J, Kremers SP, Visscher TL, van Mechelen W: Ethnic differences in BMI among Dutch adolescents: what is the role of screen-viewing, active commuting to school, and consumption of soft drinks and high-caloric snacks?

    Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 2009, 6:23. PubMed Abstract | BioMed Central Full Text | PubMed Central Full Text OpenURL

  2. Baron RM, Kenny DA: The moderator-mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations.

    J Pers Soc Psychol 1986, 51:1173-1182. PubMed Abstract | Publisher Full Text OpenURL