getting me to stand still on the board and weigh me. Then it asked me to use my feet to control a ball on screen and to keep it in the middle of the screen. A bit like if you had a ball on flat plate and tried to tilt the plate to keep the ball centered.

With that it told me my age. FFS, seriously, they can tell my age from that?

Was it correct? No. Several years out.

My cousin tried it and the Wii told her she was 20 years older than she is. She is slim and fit and in her 20's. The Wii thought she was mid 40's.

Seems like all it does it use your weight and if you balance forward or backwards on your feet to work out your posture. It then guesses your age. Seriously flawed.

How come none of the reviews I have seen by "professional" reviewers seem to mention this? I must admit to not looking at any reviews, but I've also not seen any hoohah about it being total nonsense.

"EA Sports Active is apparently endorsed by fitness experts as it is a more serious challenge, providing a controlled workout that targets different bits of the body"

Yeah right, controlled workout? Controlled by a computer, that doesn't see you, doesn't know you, doesn't know how fit you are etc? Reading any "workout tutorial" is as controlled as what EA creates, it just doesn't prevent you from getting injured in any way.

Wii fit is fine, because stretching and bending with some control gives you little chances of injury. When you go to more dynamic activity, god beware you do it without some proper help at the beggining or you're in for a painfull ride.

Oy,

Stretching and bending is not popular in the West because 65% of all yanks are fat and inactive. Rather hard for a fatty to bend and/or stretch, don't you think?