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July 2005, Vol 95, No. 7 | American Journal of Public Health 1093
© 2005 American Public Health Association

ERRATUM In: Wolfe WS, Campbell CC, Frongillo EA Jr, Haas JD, Melnik TA. Identifying overweight school children in New York State: prevalence estimates and related characteristics. Am J Public Health. 1994;84:807–813.

A table was printed with incorrect data. Corrected values for TABLE 2—Sample Distributions of Physical Indices, Compared With Age- and Sex-Specific National Reference Percentiles are:

The article’s conclusions are unaffected by these corrections.


Indices and Percentiles Second Graders (n = 960), % Fifth Graders (n = 837), %
Body mass indexa
     >95th 11.2 8.3
Triceps skinfolda
     >95th 9.3 7.6
aCompared with the second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES II).15





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