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DAD UPSET BECAUSE WII SAID HIS DAUGHTER IS FAT

Britain’s The Daily Mail tabloid printed a harsh criticism of the Wii game system and, specifically, the Wii Fit game. The reason is that an unnamed 10-year-old girl from South East England was told by the game, during its Body Mass Index test, that she was “fat.” (Wii Fit actually puts users into a variety of categories, the two heaviest of which are “overweight” and “obese.”) The stepfather of the girl said, “She is a perfectly healthy, 4-feet-9-inch-tall 10-year-old who swims, dances, and weighs only six stone (84 pounds). 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.” The paper then enlisted the opinion of a spokesperson for the National Obesity Forum, who called for a ban on kids playing the game. She said, “I am absolutely aghast that children are being told they are fat. A child’s BMI can change every month and it is perfectly possible for a child to be stocky, yet still very fit. I would be very concerned if children were using this game and I believe it should carry a warning for parents.”

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