It has been reported that the parents of an 11 year old girl in Lincolnshire have said that she could have ended up with an eating disorder after the Wii Fit encouraged her to lose weight after telling her that she was overweight.

The Wii Fit told Tabea Paul that she was “overweight” after calculating her BMI while she was having a go on it at her friend’s house but according to the NHS BMI calculator, Tabea who at 6st 11lbs and just under 5ft tall is a normal weight for her height with a BMI of 19.5.

The Maker of the Nintendo Wii Fit admitted the calculations are based on adults and might not be accurate for all children. Ok so if this is true then why do they not say this on the box?

Tabea’s mother Lisa Scott-King believes the company should set an age limit on who should use the device. She said that she’d set herself a goal to lose 4lbs within four weeks and I just said, ‘No way’. She doesn’t need to lose weight, she’s slim and tall and she’s got a lot of growing left to do. Its things like this that would lead to eating disorders.”

It’s said that the Nintendo Wii Fit aims to promote health and fitness through active games.

My daughter went on the Wii Fit and done her weight, age and height and when her BMI was messered it told her that she was overweight at 9 years old. She was very very up set by this and it told a while to calm her down.

The age on this game at the moment is 3+ but do you think that it should come with a warning to parents?

You can see the full interview about this here