Correction to: International Journal of Obesity (2003) 27,1365–1372. doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802411 In the abstract of the above paper, the last sentence in the results section was incorrectly published. The sentence should read: Among subjects with type 2 diabetes, diabetes medication reductions were sustained or further reduced in a greater proportion of almond-LCD as compared to CHO-LCD subjects (96 vs 50%, respectively).