This does seem wrong. 

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 we had to work hard to convince her she isn't."

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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.

http://us.i1.yimg.com/videogames.yahoo.com/feature/wii-fit-or-wii-fat-/1213585 

 

hahaha BMI doesn't lie...

 

 

BMI doesn't take into account muscle really.  Maybe she was a supremely muscular 10 year old girl?!

I'm highly disappointed in this article because nowhere in this game does it say "fat."  The options are "Underweight" "Ideal" "Overweight" "Obese."  I think someone needs to do some fact checking before they put words in quotation marks if the word [fat] doesn't even exist in the game.  There is a perfectly good chance that some one can indeed be overweight but not fat, it's called Muscle Weight.  The father claims that she is SOLIDLY BUILT, then maybe it's saying she is "OVERWEIGHT" (not "FAT") because she is made up of mostly muscle?  And obese isn't labeled as "fat" it's labeled as "obese."

This is just another chance for a family to collect money from a videogame company because of some stupid controversy.  Why don't I just try to sue Nintendo for making me want to throw Banana Peels and Green Turtle shells at all the cars that are in front and behind me???

I can't tell who this guy is mad at.... seems like hes mad at everyone.

I'm mad at the guy that posted this article and the family that is complaining about how a videogame told their daughter she is "fat" when the word "fat" doesn't even show up in the game..

His daughter is fat.

 

 

fat children are pathetic.

The Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt in Baltimore, Maryland, believes that BMI is not a true reflection of an individual's health and are concerned that the BMI aspect of the Wii Fit program could have a negative impact on peoples' perception - both young and old - of their body image. To learn more about BMI and our thoughts on the topic, visit our CED Blog by Googling 'The Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt, Blog' and check out the entry entitled 'BMI Don't You Judge Mii, Wii

The Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt in Baltimore, Maryland, believes that BMI is not a true reflection of an individual's health and are concerned that the BMI aspect of the Wii Fit program could have a negative impact on peoples' perception - both young and old - of their body image. To learn more about BMI and our thoughts on the topic, visit our CED Blog by Googling 'The Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt, Blog' and check out the entry entitled ‘Don't You Judge Mii, Wii.' http://eatingdisorder.org/blog/2008/06/24/don%e2%80%99t-you-judge-mii-wii/

Go preach your bullshit somewhere else.

I hate the center for eating disorders at sheppard pratt in baltimore, maryland.  I hate fat people too.

Fat people are oftentimes quite funny.

Pill's right... Chris Farley... Biz Marquee... and this kid...

 

Banger has his moments too.