Jakeescape99:
According to Chat-GPT, only 0.25% of the US population has a BMI of 50 or more. I seriously thought that it was way more than that lol. I'd have to be over 400lbs to hit that BMI, but I think that's going to have to be my goal lol.
Munchies:
Thus is a beautiful example of why you should not use Chat-GPT for research.
The highest BMI category the CDC and the NIH track is 40 or more - which is severe obesity. This is a little over 9% of the US population. There's no tracking for Americans with a BMI of 50% or more.
In other words, Chat-GPT hallucinated this information.
Chat gpt will give its sources if you ask sometimes. It might not be hallucinated, it also might not be accurate. Although I don’t know how reliable CDC/NIH data is going forward, either. Might be an issue by issue thing.
