Obesity levels in Scotland are much worse than shown in official figures released earlier this year.
A "clerical error" meant statistics, published in June, underestimated the scale of the problem.
The original data failed to include details of the most morbidly obese Scots
Now the Scottish government minister for sport, Shona Robison, has apologised for the omission and has issued revised tables.
In a parliamentary response, Ms Robison stated in June that 26% of males and 23.5% of females were clinically obese.
However, those figures have now been increased significantly.
The minister has confirmed her first response did not include details of those with a body mass index (BMI) of more than 40 - defined as the most morbidly obese.
When they are added, the proportion of obese males aged 16-plus increased to 27.7%.
And the total for females rises substantially by more than four per cent to 27.6%.
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