Wii FIT calls a 10 year old "FAT", Obesity experts condemn it.

[wiithief]

eh some one in my family would wantme to get this game so i better get it.

[BONES]

WiiThief, I'm stronger than you on smash!

[wiithief]

uh huh u say that i always treat the new guys good then start owning them later im not calling names.

[BONES]

u mean that u wanna fite now???

[FriedToad]

on topic-


my older brother played this game round a friends house and it told him he was overwieght. In truth, he's muscle to the bone, as pretty much since the begining of the year hes been practicing to a Lands end to John o groats bike ride. (that from one end of britain to the other)

[DJ Lantis]

But look at it this way. It can't read the mass of fat in your body. It is estimating everything there. It can't see your body and decide. Built like stone or built like a keg. It doesn't matter to the system it will give readings and perdictions from your weight only.

There isn't a game system that has the magical look and bodyfat counter peice.

[taco31]

So basically all this is is people who don't want their feelings hurt. So rather than making something innovative and new we gotta recall it or ban it because god forbid politicians don't get their votes and god forbid politicians do something to actually help the country for once and god forbid that well you get the point. Anyways as for the BMI thats true even with big time wrestlers and stuff they say they are overweight but the truth is that most of it is muscle and muscle weighs ALOT more than fat. Too actually calculate how much fat to muscle you have to take a test where they send a small electrical current through your body and see how fast it goes. If wii fit did that then there would be lawsuits saying why did my child get electrocuted?

[raggaice]

Originally Posted by Da Ill One

Looks like a patch will need to be released to change the wording, some people can't take the truth.




Obesity experts today slammed Nintendo after its Wii Fit game told a 10-year-old girl she was fat.

They fear the game could damage children's body image and called on the company to warn parents it is not suitable for their offspring.

The £69 game, which sold out within hours when it went on sale in Britain last month, uses an electronic "balance board" to monitor a player's weight.

Once the player has entered their height, the game uses BMI, a measure of body fat based on an adult's height and weight, to calculate their level of obesity, placing them in categories such as "underweight" and "fat".

Players can then be guided through yoga exercises or play games to improve their balance.

However, a father from the South-East spoke today of the embarrassment when his stepdaughter played the game and was labelled fat.

"She is a perfectly healthy, 4ft 9in tall 10-year-old who swims, dances and weighs only six stone," said the father, who did not want to be named for fear of embarrassing the girl further.

"She is solidly built but not fat. She was devastated to be called fat and we had to work hard to convince her she isn't.

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Potentially damaging: the BMI chart that appears on screen during the Ninendo Wii game

"I know it is just a game but we already have to worry about young girls starving themselves to look like magazine models and now we have a game that tells them they're fat. This to me is very worrying."

Tam Fry of the National Obesity Forum called for children to be banned from playing the game, claiming the BMI measurement was misleading.

"I'm absolutely aghast that children are being told they are fat," he said.

"BMI is far from perfect but with children it simply should not be used.

"A child's BMI can change every month and it is perfectly possible for a child to be stocky, yet still very fit.

"I would be very concerned if children were using this game and I believe it should carry a warning for parents."

Nintendo said today it would not be placing a warning on the game.

A spokesman said: "Nintendo would like to apologise to any customers offended by the in-game terminology used to classify a player's current BMI status, as part of the BMI measurement system integrated into Wii Fit.

Wii Fit is still capable of measuring the BMI for people aged between two and 20 but the resulting figures may not be entirely accurate for younger age groups due to varying levels of development."

Obesity experts condemn Nintendo's Wii 'Fit' game after it tells 10-year-old girl she's fat | the Daily Mail

it's just a game!!! so if it said she was fat. people are trying everything these days to get money, it's sad when they have to bring their child into it just for money.

[midnight1starwars]

i think they should find a way to reword it. i mean it could really hurt peoples feelings.

[phe-gnome]

I think... Wii Fit is a stupid game anyway. If I wanna excersise I'll go to the gym or spend my time away from a video game trolling around the woods or something.