Re: “Overweight and obesity from childhood to adulthood: a follow-up of participants in the 1985 Australian Schools Health and Fitness Survey”, the letter by Alison J Venn, Russell J Thomson, Michael D Schmidt, Verity J Cleland, Beverley A Curry, Hanni C Gennat and Terence Dwyer, in the 3 September issue of the Journal (Med J Aust 2007; 187: 314-315).

The Box showing the distribution of body mass index values for men and women in three different age groups showed two identical graphs of the data for men. The graphs were clearly different in the original submission, but the data supplied were incorrect. The correct graphs are shown here.

Distribution of body mass index values for men and women in three different age groups*

* 24–27 years, 757 men and 854 women; 28–30 years, 767 men and 807 women; and 31–34 years, 673 men and 691 women in the 20-year follow-up of the 1985 Australian School Health and Fitness Survey.