One of the many great things Wii can do is to measure BMI or body mass index. A ten year girl was not anticipating the news that she was over weight and was apparently very disturbed by the information. Her family had to that she was in fact not over weight even if the system was right.
The blog poses a good question, is this just drama and will it affect the reception of this technology in the future? Can the math be wrong? One thing is for sure, an age limit for use probably has to be set in order to avoid problems like this. Then again, the ages of children with obesity are becoming lower and lower and the sooner families become aware of this, the better off those children are in warding off the potential consequences of obesity. With obesity, come potentially life-threatening illnesses such as heart disease, diabetes, and cancer, but these are just a few of the many complications and warnings should be taken seriously.
Who knows, the Wii fit might make you a little more conscious of what you’re in for in the future. Hopefully, people don’t take the information as an attack and instead embrace it as a life-saver.
