Leveraging Generative Artificial Intelligence in Mobile Health Promotion Programs: A Use Case for Enhancing Tailored Messaging and Engagement in a Mobile Healthy Weight Program
The goal of this study is to learn if integrating a chatbot into an existing 12-week smartphone-delivered behavioral weight loss program is feasible and effective for weight loss among young adults. Researchers will compare a standard behavioral weight loss program for young adults that delivers 1-2 brief messages per day (AGILE) to the same program with a chatbot integrated into the app that will offer additional behavior change support (AGILE + Chatbot) to see if the program with the chatbot is feasible, acceptable to participants, and improves program engagement and weight change.
• body mass index (BMI) of 25-45 kg/m\^2
• English-speaking and writing
• own an iPhone with a data plan
• willing to be randomized to either treatment group
• willing to attend one study visit at research clinic in Chapel Hill, North Carolina