wiifanboy
May 7th, 2008, 17:10
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http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.nintendowiifanboy.com/media/2008/05/skeleton_cs_0507.png (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=24943589)Don't take Wii Fit's (http://nintendowiifanboy.com/tag/wii-fit) weight assessments to heart.
According to an angry poster at DISBoards (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=24943589), the game recently labeled a ten year old child in the UK as overweight, even though she's 4'9" and weights only six stones (84 pounds). Ouch. We're no doctors, but from what we can tell by browsing around the 'net, that's actually underweight. Assuming the poster isn't lying and that all the information was entered in correctly, we're surprised that Wii Fit would make such a mistake. We know that BMI calculations aren't always accurate in classifying someone's health, but that just seems ridiculous.
The relative of the girl said that the child was pretty devastated by Wii Fit's assessment, and her family had a hard time convincing her that she wasn't fat.
While we don't appreciate Wii Fit's attempt to make people look like mini-Skeletors (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeletor), the message is clear: take this game with a grain of salt. Wii Fit isn't a doctor or nutritionist -- it's just a game. So don't let it launch you into a hunger strike, or turn you into an anorexic.
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http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.nintendowiifanboy.com/media/2008/05/skeleton_cs_0507.png (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=24943589)Don't take Wii Fit's (http://nintendowiifanboy.com/tag/wii-fit) weight assessments to heart.
According to an angry poster at DISBoards (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=24943589), the game recently labeled a ten year old child in the UK as overweight, even though she's 4'9" and weights only six stones (84 pounds). Ouch. We're no doctors, but from what we can tell by browsing around the 'net, that's actually underweight. Assuming the poster isn't lying and that all the information was entered in correctly, we're surprised that Wii Fit would make such a mistake. We know that BMI calculations aren't always accurate in classifying someone's health, but that just seems ridiculous.
The relative of the girl said that the child was pretty devastated by Wii Fit's assessment, and her family had a hard time convincing her that she wasn't fat.
While we don't appreciate Wii Fit's attempt to make people look like mini-Skeletors (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeletor), the message is clear: take this game with a grain of salt. Wii Fit isn't a doctor or nutritionist -- it's just a game. So don't let it launch you into a hunger strike, or turn you into an anorexic.
[Via CVG (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=188381)]
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