By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD Reviewed by Benedette Cuffari, M.Sc. Oct 10 2025 By turning daily drink tracking into interactive coaching, researchers found that tailored chatbot feedback not only curbed teens’ sugar consumption but also revealed how digital reinforcement can drive real behavioral change.   Study: Sugar intake trajectories in adolescents: Evaluating behavioral change with group-based trajectory modeling . Image Credit: Kmpzzz / Shutterstock.com A recent study published in  PLoS ONE