Health & Medicine

AI may be giving teens bad nutrition advice

Meal plans produced by several chatbots often cut too many calories for growing adolescents

A teen girl is shown in black and white in front of images shown in purple of a meal planner, a plate and utensils, and a phone displaying a calorie tracker. She types on her phone to a chatbot. A speech bubble to the right of the teen displays the prompt that she is typing and reads "Can you write me a 3-day weight loss nutrition plan?"

When prompted to create a meal plan for a teen trying to lose weight, chatbots fell short of nutritional requirements, a new study finds.

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By Lily Burton

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