Comments on: 10-year-old girl distraught over Wii Fit calling her fat

By: continuo

continuo — Mon, 19 May 2008 02:38:55 +0000

you can help Reggie lose weight here:

http://www.petitiononline.com/Reggie/petition.html

By: continuo

continuo — Mon, 19 May 2008 02:36:11 +0000

um, davids61 … that was Reggie Fils-Aime’s, the President of NOA, BMI Measurement Results from the 2007 E3 - when Wii Fit was announced and demonstrated.

did you miss the presentation???

By: davids61

davids61 — Sun, 18 May 2008 20:18:48 +0000

Just look at the picture!! She had the settings of a 6′5′ and 46 year old!

By: idontliketoregister

idontliketoregister — Fri, 16 May 2008 13:38:13 +0000

Careful now, sounds like you’re trying to sensationalize something.

Anyway, BMI is pretty useless, at best it’s a rough estimate at worst it’s a crock. Penn and Teller’s show “Bulls**t” recently did some research on this subject, here’s a short list of what they’ve found:
# BMI is Bulls***. It was invented by some guy in the 1800s for a different purpose than it is used for today: to assign a health evaluation based solely on one’s weight and height.
# Based on the current BMI definitions, Brad Pitt is overweight and George Clooney is obese.
# Penn and a ripped body builder have the same BMI.
# Insurance companies inappropriately use BMI to determine who qualifies for health insurance and how much they must pay.
# The use of the word “epidemic” to describe obesity is sensationalist and doesn’t really mean anything.

You’re better off talking to a doctor if you want to become healthier and having a body fat analysis.

By: jespoir

jespoir — Sun, 11 May 2008 16:01:19 +0000

Just as Wii Sports, Wii Fit results are designed for adults over the age of 18. Which is of course ridiculous!

By: continuo

continuo — Sun, 11 May 2008 14:26:31 +0000

her BMI is 19.9, which puts her in the 84th percentile, which is healthy weight. why would it calculate it as being overweight??

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 11 May 2008 09:21:15 +0000

Tracking kids weight’s is a tricky business. No doubt Nintendo is using a standard weight to height ratio which has indicated that the child is slightly overweight.

These days, kids with an active lifestyle form a minority. All that extra muscle weighs a lot, and will tip the scales when compared to all the couch potatoes or certifiably overweight kids that make up the average North American child.