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Fit the Fat 3

By Paul Semel, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 8+

Health-focused game hampered by greed, poor nutrition.

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While this simple arcade game has a good message, it's undermined by technical issues, an abundance of ads, and bad nutrition. In Fit the Fat 3, the point of the game is helping overweight and out-of-shape people get fit by riding bikes, going for jogs, or using a treadmill. All of these events play out like a fairly simple arcade game. When running or biking, for instance, you swipe left or right to avoid obstacles, and up to jump over breaks in the course. This is not only fun but also sends the message that you need to get up and be physical if you want to lose weight and get in shape.

Unfortunately, while it promotes losing weight, Fit the Fat 3 undermines this message by letting you lose more weight just for watching ads. Not that you have a choice, since it also runs ads between events and when you're navigating the menus (not surprisingly, there's an ad-free option for sale). It also has parts where you have to eat from a conveyor belt, but the food you have to grab isn't always healthy. Similarly, the portion sizes are way too large, making this radically skewed towards not meeting your weight goals. Further adding frustration, the game has technical issues that cause it to sometimes slow down during races, or not reset correctly if you fall off the track and land in the water. As a result, Fit the Fat 3, in a weird way, may actually reach its fitness goals for players...its gameplay can be so annoying, it'll make players put down their devices and take walks instead.

App Details

  • Devices: iPhone, iPad, Android
  • Pricing structure: Free
  • Release date: May 24, 2019
  • Category: Arcade Games
  • Publisher: Five Bits Inc.
  • Version: 1.2.3
  • Minimum software requirements: Requires iOS 7.0 or later; Android 5.0 and up
  • Last updated: May 30, 2019

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