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Wii Fit or Wii Fat?
Nintendo's exergame wrongly labels kids overweight, claim obesity experts.
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Wii Fit or Wii Fat?
yahoo Wrote:When a 10 year-old girl from the South-East of Britain stepped on the scale of Nintendo's new game Wii Fit, she expected to get the blood pumping with some fun, casual exercising.

Instead, the game's software told her she was fat. Understandably, her father wasn't happy.

"She is a perfectly healthy, 4ft 9in tall 10-year-old who swims, dances and weighs only six stone (84 lbs). She is solidly built but not fat. She was devastated to be called fat and wee had to work hard to convince her she isn't."

Obesity experts in the U.K. are working equally hard taking Nintendo to task for failing to warn parents that Wii Fit isn't appropriate for younger kids. At the center of the debate is the game's use of the Body Mass Index (BMI) as a means of judging the health of its players. After standing on the game's innovative Balance Board peripheral and entering basic information like height and weight, the game doles out an overall BMI number as well as a label, such as "underweight," "ideal," or in some cases, "fat." While the somewhat callous system is reasonably accurate in determining the BMI of adults, a child's BMI can literally change from day to day. Experts have deemed its use in Wii Fit misleading.

"I'm absolutely aghast that children are being told they are fat," said Tam Fry of the National Obesity Forum. "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."

Nintendo apologized for the terminology used to describe players, but stopped short of actually adding a warning to the game.

"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," the company said through a spokesman.

Nintendo's exergame is already a bona fide international hit, selling out quickly in both Japan and Europe. The game releases in North America on May 19.

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what's next?
wii diet?

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i want to try it now seeing as im not a adolescent..

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these parents are just in denial over the fact that their child is fat lol.

"solidly built", "stocky", and "perfectly healthy" are, together, common words used by parents in denial over their child's fatness. And from what I understand, "fat" actually isn't that bad. I mean, overweight and obese are both harsher judgings. These parents should get their heads out of their asses.

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i just want my parents to get this so i can play twilight princess.... my mothers trying to get me fit so I'm using this as an excuse to get a wii...


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Wii Fit is ever so brilliant.!
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lol good luck at convincing her andrewcc

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metalgear08 Wrote:these parents are just in denial over the fact that their child is fat lol.

"solidly built", "stocky", and "perfectly healthy" are, together, common words used by parents in denial over their child's fatness. And from what I understand, "fat" actually isn't that bad. I mean, overweight and obese are both harsher judgings. These parents should get their heads out of their asses.
That's exactly what i was thinking when i first read this

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metalgear08 Wrote:these parents are just in denial over the fact that their child is fat lol.

"solidly built", "stocky", and "perfectly healthy" are, together, common words used by parents in denial over their child's fatness. And from what I understand, "fat" actually isn't that bad. I mean, overweight and obese are both harsher judgings. These parents should get their heads out of their asses.
That's exactly what i was thinking when i first read this
That seems like pretty bullchocolate to me. She is 10 years old, no one can really be considered fat at age 10.

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i was pretty heavy at that age but i was just bg boned....(srsly, my bones are huge)

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That's pretty stupid...It's still just a game
If I were to go play halo 3 right now am I suppose to believe that the covenant have actually invaded earth and it's okay to start shooting everything I see, just because the game told me so?
If a child can't realize the difference between a game and real life maybe they shouldn't playing. God forbid wee get one more person blaming grand theft auto for that fact that they killed half their friends.

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i don't really care anymore about games and the problems they bring... i just can't be bothered to play them anymore...

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