10-year-old girl told by Nintendo fitness game she is fat...

[diaperedbabygirl]

Originally Posted by Naruto

One of the many reasons why the general health of Europe and the U.S. is in the dire state it is.

Looking at the broader picture, people can't face facts anymore without being offended.

right, but they don't need a video game telling them if they're fat or not >.< know what I'm saying?

[Priest]

Aye.

Just pushing this thread along.

[Little ollie]

God some people don't half need to grow a thicker skin.

[Martin]

Originally Posted by snydead

By the game, I agree and somewhat disagree because I have close to a simular situation...

People from school claimed that i'm anerexic (if spelled correctly) mainly because I'm skinny and they don't see me eat lunch. I once took a fitness test in health class and the test result said that I should eat more. Lastly in the past when I gone to elementry school the teachers were concerned that I was to skinny and had told child services.

I honestly do eat a lot but yet i'm not really gaining any weight.

I guess that you can not judge a person by how they look because they probably have no control over it unless they really do eat a lot or starve themselves.

I think that people should not be worried by the way they look, but they should only worry about health risks. Besides who are they to judge you by the way you look, do and say. It is you that have your own life and you should live it to the fullest because you have one life to live. And lastly the person who's judging others probably have there own issues to deal with. That's what I say to myself to help me not get frusterated over what people tell me.

In conclusion, it's good to be yourself and it's also good to take care of your health, but don't let other people's opinions affect your life style.

I know exactly what you're talking about. I'm in exactly the same situation. I eat like a maniac and am still quite underweight and others cant seem to shut up about it.

[Pojo]

God people are dumb...It's just a game...If she thinks she's fat just because game told her, then she needs to just get over it...The point of the Wii Fit is to get people active and to lose weight...Even if you are heavy, it doesn't mean you're fat...And Nintendo said that it varies...And the game never used the word fat...It said overweight and obese...So in a way, they are twisting the game to make it seem evil...

[kite]

from what i've found out by having sisters around the same age is from 10 and up is the whole vanity phase. being a girl these days isn't easy with all the pencil thin type images portraited daily.

[DarkSunDS]

lawl, I'm getting it. :3

[Lukie]

It'd be a lot better if people were able to move beyond the imperfections of technology and get the idea in their heads that it's just a video game.

This girl complaining is about as stupid as getting upset over a game telling you "YOU LOSE".

[Mickal]

I too saw this article in the paper. It's funny though that the kid wasn't even big.

According to the game my B.M.I is ideal.

[baby kiffer]

Although it may be true that a child's BMI can vary monthly, I believe it is necessary for us to open our eyes to the obesity epidemic that is out there.

It may be a good thing that Wii has designed games meant to help squeeze in some exercise into the video game routine, as opposed to sitting on the couch...at least you're standing.

But, as the case always is, (I agree with everyone else here) ultimately it is the interpretation of the video-game player that matters. Maybe that girl was fat. Maybe she wasn't.

But getting up in arms over a video game telling you "you're fat" is just like complaining it told you, "you lose," as best summarized by Lukie:

It'd be a lot better if people were able to move beyond the imperfections of technology and get the idea in their heads that it's just a video game.

This girl complaining is about as stupid as getting upset over a game telling you "YOU LOSE".