Schadenfreude

According to this link, the Wii Fit is calling kids fat. here is my take on it.

If I'm reading the height/weight chart at http://pediatrics.about.com/library/growth_charts/ngirlstwo.htm correctly (and I'm confused by it, so I may not be) an "average" (whatever that is) girl of 10 years weighs about 75 lbs with 84 lbs (6 stone) well within the range of "normal". The medical definition of overweight is a BMI of more than about 25 or 27.3 depending on who you ask. The funny part is that a 4 foot 9 inch, 10 year old, 84 lb girl only has a BMI of 18.2 which is considered to be healthy (and nicer than my own BMI of 21.8), so I don't know how the Wii would have put her into the overweight category anyway.

If the Wii goes strictly by BMI, which is not a good thing as it doesn't take body type or muscle/fat ratio into consideration, (in many cases waist circumference is a better indication of unhealthy weight in people in the normal to overweight range - it has little predictive power beyond a BMI of 35 or more) then the girl should be well into the ideal (if not a teensy bit underweight) range. My guess is that she's not 6 stone anymore and daddy can't see his precious little porcine pygmy for what she is...

I suspect that lots of chubby little kids who've been told their whole lives that they're just "big boned" are going to have a rude awakening when they get a Wii Fit.