Chengdu hospital says man who followed an AI-made weight-loss plan lost 20 kg in 45 days, then developed sepsis with multi-organ failure

The plan. On 5 August 2026 Upstream News and Chengdu Daily's Jinguan News reported a Chengdu hospital's account of a 34-year-old man who weighed about 120 kg and wanted to lose weight quickly. He used an AI tool to plan his regime and followed it strictly each day. Following the AI plan, he climbed stairs for an hour and a half daily, played two to three badminton sessions a week of two to three hours each and ate three small meals, with only a pot of yoghurt for dinner. He told Upstream News he had thought the plan the AI calculated was very scientific. He lost about 20 kg in 45 days.

The illness. On 2 February 2026 he caught a cold but finished that day's workout. That night he had chills, fever and difficulty urinating, and around midnight he became unconscious. His family took him to hospital, and he was transferred to the Chengdu hospital, which diagnosed urosepsis, septic shock and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. Staff told his family that had he been brought in a few hours later he would have died. He was resuscitated and treated in intensive care.

Causes and limits. The hospital's deputy head of critical care medicine attributed the illness to several combined stresses: long-term late nights, excessive dieting, high-intensity exercise, and kidney stones he already had together with too little water during the diet, which led to a urinary infection; the cold was the trigger. The doctor said AI only computes data and cannot judge a person's physical limits. All reports trace to the hospital's account and the patient it put forward. The AI product, his questions and the plan text are not reported, so whether the plan addressed rest, hydration or illness is unknown.

A Chengdu hospital says a man who followed an AI-made diet and exercise plan developed urosepsis, septic shock and multiple organ dysfunction needing intensive care, with lasting myocarditis, recurring kidney stones and hair loss (hospital and patient account).

According to the treating hospital, a man followed an AI-generated weight-loss plan of severe calorie restriction and hours of daily exercise; combined with late nights, pre-existing kidney stones and low water intake, the regime left him exhausted, and a cold led to urosepsis and multiple organ dysfunction.

He survived after resuscitation and intensive care. After discharge he changed jobs and stopped working late; at a follow-up visit on 3 July 2026 his weight was stable but he had myocarditis, recurring kidney stones and hair loss. No complaint, company response or legal action is reported.