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Front. Endocrinol., 02 November 2023
Sec. Obesity
Volume 14 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2023.1305460

Corrigendum: Prevalence of overweight and obesity among saudi children: a comparison of two widely used international standards and the national growth references

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  1. Prevalence of overweight and obesity among saudi children: A comparison of two widely used international standards and the national growth references

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Hazzaa M. Al-Hazzaa*Hazzaa M. Al-Hazzaa1*Amani A. AlrasheediAmani A. Alrasheedi2Rayan A. AlsulaimaniRayan A. Alsulaimani3Laura JabriLaura Jabri4Abdulrahman M. AlhowikanAbdulrahman M. Alhowikan5Maha H. AlhussainMaha H. Alhussain6Rowaedh A. BawakedRowaedh A. Bawaked7Saleh A. Alqahtani,Saleh A. Alqahtani8,9
  • 1Lifestyle and Health Research Center, Health Sciences Research Center, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • 2Department of Food and Nutrition, Faculty of Human Sciences and Design, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • 3Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • 4American International School of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • 5Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • 6Department of Food Science & Nutrition, College of Foods & Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • 7Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Saudi Electronic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • 8Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
  • 9King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

A corrigendum on
Prevalence of overweight and obesity among saudi children: a comparison of two widely used international standards and the national growth references

by Al-Hazzaa HM, Alrasheedi AA, Alsulaimani RA, Jabri L, Alhowikan AM, Alhussain MH, Bawaked RA and Alqahtani SA (2022) Front. Endocrinol. 13:954755. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2022.954755

Incorrect Affiliation

In the published article, there was an error in affiliation 2 and 3. For Affiliation 2, instead of “Food and Nutrition Department, College of Human Sciences and Design, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia” it should be “Department of Food and Nutrition, Faculty of Human Sciences and Design, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia”. For affiliation 3, instead of 3Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia” it should be “Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia”.

The authors apologize for this error and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.

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Keywords: body mass index (BMI), children, International Obesity Task Force (IOTF), overweight, obesity, sociodemographic, underweight, World Health Organization (WHO)

Citation: Al-Hazzaa HM, Alrasheedi AA, Alsulaimani RA, Jabri L, Alhowikan AM, Alhussain MH, Bawaked RA and Alqahtani SA (2023) Corrigendum: Prevalence of overweight and obesity among saudi children: a comparison of two widely used international standards and the national growth references. Front. Endocrinol. 14:1305460. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1305460

Received: 01 October 2023; Accepted: 06 October 2023;
Published: 02 November 2023.

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Copyright © 2023 Al-Hazzaa, Alrasheedi, Alsulaimani, Jabri, Alhowikan, Alhussain, Bawaked and Alqahtani. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

*Correspondence: Hazzaa M. Al-Hazzaa, halhazzaa@hotmail.com

Disclaimer: All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.