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  • Adolescent Health
  • Artificial Intelligence in Health

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  • Adolescent obesity is a significant public health issue, disproportionately affecting disadvantaged populations.
  • Artificial intelligence (AI) offers potential for supporting students' health behavior management in school settings.
  • Few studies have explored AI-based interventions for adolescent health in naturalistic school environments.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the feasibility and preliminary impact of ProudMe Tech, an AI-assisted web application.
  • To assess ProudMe Tech's effectiveness in helping middle school students manage obesity-related behaviors: physical activity, screen time, diet, and sleep.

Main Methods:

  • An 8-week, 1-arm pilot intervention involving 172 middle school students in Louisiana.
  • Participants used ProudMe Tech for goal setting, behavior tracking, reflection, and receiving AI-generated feedback.
  • Engagement metrics and pre- to post-intervention behavior changes were examined.

Main Results:

  • Moderate engagement with the AI chatbot, with an average of 8.9 behavior entries and 30.0 reflections per student.
  • Participants achieved 63.8% of their daily behavior goals.
  • Significant reduction in daily screen time (21.6% decrease) and a small decrease in fruit and vegetable intake (8.9% decrease); no significant changes in physical activity or sleep.

Conclusions:

  • ProudMe Tech demonstrates feasibility as an AI chatbot for engaging adolescents in health behavior management.
  • Further adaptations are necessary to enhance its effectiveness in improving health behaviors and reducing obesity risk in middle school students.