Wii Fit Calls Girl "Fat"

Just speeds up the eventual influence of the fashion industry, anorexia here we come.
To be fair though, The Daily Mail was the source, which almost always jumps on small stories and blows them way out of proportion, besides which it's a BMI test which is utter rubbish anyway as they never take muscle mass into account.
Did anyone catch the show where it tested the fat content of a group of people and according to their bmi's the skinny people were more healthy than the so called overweight rugby player but when they actually tested the amount of fat in the body he had the least. Think it had jamie oliver on it and dr.gunther von hagen.
Bottom line, it's a gimmicky way to get people to do more exercise, if you already do a fair amount (2-3 hours a week or more) and eat right then it's irrelevant.

Wii sports told me I was 67 years old the first time I played.

**EDIT** I'm not 67 years old.

Not as yet I haven't, will have to get down there at some point to check it out, bit of a treck though as I'm in Glasgow currently, mind you takes less time to London than it does to Yorkshire where I originate. Crafty trains.

Yeah, BMI is totally a false estimation of whether someone is overweight or not.... which is one of the reasons why I say it is time that we don't use that to decide whether someone is overweight or not.

Overweight does not equal Fat! Come on give me break. Obese does not even equal Fat! Life is not fair deal with it people, and as stated Wii Fit was not intended for children, so if your child is offended by being called overweight or obese then don't use. Frivolous lawsuits due however equal DUMB!!

Wii sports told me i was 70(3 times+4 years my real age) the first time i played! my friend said thats the worst score he ever saw! was i angry? nope,i guess i had beginners luck...a computer cant tell you your real age! fat girl needs to get over it...im overweight and people call me fat im still not angry.

yeah to survive in this world, people need to get a little less sensitive.
Im guessing the stats used in wii fit are standard reporting measurements. (if not then thats different) If she went into a gym and got her first assessments, the report would have been the same. Plus its also a tool to make you fitter. No one is going to get fit if the first thing they hear is that they have an ideal weight. no one will be fit if all we hear is, "you are perfect he way you are sweetie, no matter how you look, (or behave or smell or how stupid you are etc) we love you and thats what counts.

I dont get it, if you are FAT, you are fat, if you dont like being called fat, loose some wight FFS. People get to sensative about issues like that. Hell I started loosing my hair at 17 *cries*, but I dont go around sueing people and bithcing cuz they say that I am balding, cuz I am. That is why I never worry about calling fat people FAT.

Totally agree.

I think obesity is a positive thing for the western world. We have tons of fatties wobbling around in the U.K, wheezing from their car to Mc Donalds and back with their big bag of McSh1t burgers (why do they always get diet coke with the 3 big macs?), most of them will die in their 40's & 50's, thus solving our pensions crisis

Oh and just cause you're thin doesn't mean your're healthy. My friends partner had a heart attack 2 weeks after his 40th birthday, nearly killed him and now he's a cripple, he was thin, just had a really crap diet and smoked.

I totaly agree that people need to stop being wimps when they get insulted. There is alot I could say to add to that, however, I was reading about this game, and apparently it is difficult to get a heartrate over 120 bpm while playing this. I guess this depends on the person really, but if thats true, it begs the question: is this game is only designed to get your heart rate up? How is it better than any intense fps game? I can recall many adrenaline pumping games of halo 2 when it first came out. That makes me wonder how much better the wii fit is than any exciting game that has come out in the past.

I was surprised it was a Brit that sued Nintendo first. We Americans are slouching!

WiiFit is a game. Deal with it. If you're so sensitive on your "solidly built" daughter maybe you shouldn't buy her video games and instead take her out and have her solid frame do solid things, like play sports.

As is knowing where to use capital letters, apostrophes, commas and the correct spelling of "too". [/cheap]

I wonder if this is partly a cultural thing as well. It's quite common in some parts of East Asia for people to ask about or say things that would be considered offensive in the U.S. For example, weight, complexion, sometimes even income are all fair game. My sister once broke down in tears after several people living on my grandparent's street commented about her acne. They considered it being helpful.

While not obese in the sense that they have large amounts of excess body fat, they really aren't a terribly healthy segment of society. Repetitive strain and over-exertion injuries run rampant in that group, not to mention the terribly unhealthy practices to get that extra ounce of performance. Joint replacements at 50 really are not ideal.

BMI readings work well for the vast majority of the population. A few outlying groups do throw it off. However, they've likely gone to rather extreme ends in order to get and keep their body the way it is.

The human body was made to do the least amount of work possible in order to provide food, protection, and mating opportunities. This is the root of why we are fat in the first place. Our instincts tell us to grab what has the highest energy content(calories), lay on the couch, and keep an eye out for the lovely mating opportunities on TV.

Vigorous activity wasn't the norm and was only employed in rare cases. Protecting yourself or the rare instance when you actually had the opportunity to chase down a wounded animal. Lots of mild to moderate activity, such as collecting food or walking to new hunting grounds, was the norm and will never make you look like a model or an athlete.

Look at any of the remote tribal societies around today. None of them look like athletes. They look like skinny guys with bellies. That is probably the best look we'll ever get at how pre-modern man lived as many of these groups are still largely living that way.



I might be wrong here, but don't kids generally come in very low on the BMI? Wouldn't that likely make this little girl quite the porker? Damn those delicious crumpets!

LOL
Thank the Lord for people like that. They make me look real tough like He-Man


Reminds me of my fav GTA radio lines...

Woman: Ive tried EVERYTHING to lose weight
Man: Yeah, except exercise and eating healthy

What was wrong with what I last said?

That's grammatically perfect!

I find the Firefox spell checker quite effective...

Yo baldie....

Anyway if this 10 year old was fat then she needed to be told so, im not saying be anorexic but at then end of the day if someone is over weight by a large amount then they need to lose it..

I know some one who is over 25 stone, jokes and calls him self fat b'start but hates it when my son who is 3 calls him fat man...

If your fat, thin, bald, ginger or what ever you are what you are and if that area can be changed...

I cant understand why people are so sensitive about something they are not seriously trying to do something about it.
Im a little overweight and need to do something about it and I will, if people call me fatty then I am..Im not bothered..

Let a Wii game bring it on as this will drive me to why I bought wii fit for to a) get fit - b) lose weight

If you're actually fat or "overweight" if that makes you feel any better, and the game calls you out on it. So be it, you're **** fat and even a video game can tell.

If you're not fat and the video game calls you fat, then just laugh at it. Who cares?

If you're in the middle and you are insecure about a game calling you out, then toughen the **** up, because life is going to get a lot more rough than game calling you exactly what you are. End your life if you can't handle this. Maybe the national IQ will go up a bit.

Look, if you're fat and you aren't prepared to live a life being called fat or having others consider you as being fat, then DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT BESIDES BITCHING. Words don't make you lose weight, crying about it doesn't make you lose weight, suing a game company that called you fat does NOT MAKE YOU lose weight. Show some god damned self control and responsibility over your own actions and make a drastic change in your life to reverse the effects that you have inevitably brought upon your self. (Being fat) No one but your self is to blame for this problem, therefor no one but your self should be responsible for the consequences you may encounter.

If you're fat, people WILL call you fat. If you're white, people WILL call you white. If you're dressed up like a police man, people WILL call you "officer". Learn to live with it.

You must have failed both math and english while you were attending school.

OK, your MATH IS evidently better than my reading.

"Maths" is the more common shortened version of the word "Mathematics" across the rest of the world. "Math" is simply the incorrect, almost lazy, form used purely by Americans.

You don't study "Mathematic" do you...

Besides, why in the blue hell are we correcting people on spelling and grammar? This is a thread about a computer game and surely we of the gaming community are all illiterate button-mashers anyway (or Wiimote wagglers)?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7412659.stm