Comments on: Obesity expert is ‘aghast’ by Wii Fit

By: Monkey Rimmer

Monkey Rimmer — Mon, 19 May 2008 08:32:37 +0000

I agree Sean…. the Mrs and I were knackered after a session on it…. and because I’d had fun I didn’t hate it!

By: Sean

Sean — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:03:48 +0000

Have you played WiiFit, bob? The beads of sweat running down my face and the fact my muscles ache the day after suggest to me that it is pretty good exercise.

By: bob

bob — Sat, 17 May 2008 08:20:39 +0000

onizuka, a diet and a weigh scale would do exactly the same thing!

i can practically assure you that the wii fit did nothing to make you lose that weight, it will all be the diet. but nintendos propaganda has done a good job to convince you

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:00:19 +0000

you know what? if the kid is american, statistics show that he’s probably fat… so get over it. It’s embarrassing that America is the most overweight country in the world and now we have one of the heads for obesity throwing a fit? Who f%$ing cares

By: LT

LT — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:32:23 +0000

Obesity? What is that? Isn’t it some disease that shouldn’t be classified as a disease to make lazy fat people feel better about them selves?

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:10:31 +0000

Heh, to be fair, most games don’t call you fat, based on actual evidence they’ve just gathered. But yeah, you’d think people could be more positive about it , and say “well, fine, but I just spent 70 quid on this to lose weight. BRING IT ON.”

By: Onizuka

Onizuka — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:46:52 +0000

I cringe when I look at myself lol!

Like Monkey said, I laughed when my Mii turned into a lard ass. But I have been doing WiiFit along with my diet that I’m doing and I have lost 4lbs over 3 weeks ^_^ I was quite chuffed

To get offended at a game, or any form of entertainment is a bit meh :/

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:39:00 +0000

“Why are people so hung up on being overweight/obese?”

Because fat people aren’t nice to look at!

By: Graham Northfield

Graham Northfield — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:35:31 +0000

Surely a “game” aimed at getting whole families more active should be applauded? True, I thought it a little off when my 12 year old neice was considered overweight, but it has made her think about the amount of rubbish she eats and the exercise she doesn’t do.

But I suspect the fatties out there haven’t got one of these anyway – probably couldn’t be bothered to walk down to the shops

By: Monkey Rimmer

Monkey Rimmer — Fri, 16 May 2008 14:55:34 +0000

I’m a bit on the large side. Ok, I’m a bit porky, WiiFit said I was obese. Did I break down and cry? No. Did I go in a strop? No. I pissed myself laughing as my Mii grew into a lard-arse!

Why are people so hung up on being overweight/obese? Jeez… get a grip! It’s a bloody game!! Wait till the yanks start pounding on the Fitness Board, we’ll get law suites galore no doubt!

By: Untamo

Untamo — Fri, 16 May 2008 13:48:52 +0000

“The guy from the National Obesity Forum , must understand that the BMI scale is calculated based on your height, for example a person of 1,66 meters of height, for a healthy conditiond must be weight something between 60 and 66 Kg or 132 and 145 pounds, no matter if you are a muscle type of guy, you are overweight it,
The doctor calculated the peoples condition with the same formula, your height indicates how much you should be weigthing for a healthy Mass body”

It has been proven several times that BMI doesn’t work every time. If you have lots muscles BMI tells always that you are overweight, even if you wouldn’t have much body fat. Many athletes are for example misslabeled as overweight. Also, BMI doesn’t work very well children.

Btw. Muscles weight more than fat.

By: Manuel

Manuel — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:37:09 +0000

The guy from the National Obesity Forum , must understand that the BMI scale is calculated based on your height, for example a person of 1,66 meters of height, for a healthy conditiond must be weight something between 60 and 66 Kg or 132 and 145 pounds, no matter if you are a muscle type of guy, you are overweight it,
The doctor calculated the peoples condition with the same formula, your height indicates how much you should be weigthing for a healthy Mass body

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By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 16 May 2008 11:14:40 +0000

To be fair, the BMI thing is a bit wrong. Entirely healthy people with a lot of muscle can be rated ‘overweight’ according to the BMI scale.

But yes. Fat kids. SORT IT OUT.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 16 May 2008 09:46:01 +0000

Get ouuut… Fat kids are a wrong that needs righting.