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Risk of bias was assessed using the Effective Public Health Practice Project Quality Assessment tool. Nineteen trials were included. Sample sizes ranged between 25\u2013958, and mean participant age ranged between 9\u201371 years. Most interventions (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200915, 79%) targeted physical activity, and most trials had a low-quality rating (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200914, 74%). Meta-analysis results showed significant effects (all <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.05) of chatbots for increasing total physical activity (SMD\u2009=\u20090.28 [95% CI\u2009=\u20090.16, 0.40]), daily steps (SMD\u2009=\u20090.28 [95% CI\u2009=\u20090.17, 0.39]), MVPA (SMD\u2009=\u20090.53 [95% CI\u2009=\u20090.24, 0.83]), fruit and vegetable consumption (SMD\u2009=\u20090.59 [95% CI\u2009=\u20090.25, 0.93]), sleep duration (SMD\u2009=\u20090.44 [95% CI\u2009=\u20090.32, 0.55]) and sleep quality (SMD\u2009=\u20090.50 [95% CI\u2009=\u20090.09, 0.90]). Subgroup analyses showed that text-based, and artificial intelligence chatbots were more efficacious than speech\/voice chatbots for fruit and vegetable consumption, and multicomponent interventions were more efficacious than chatbot-only interventions for sleep duration and sleep quality (all <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.05). Findings from this systematic review and meta-analysis indicate that chatbot interventions are efficacious for increasing physical activity, fruit and vegetable consumption, sleep duration and sleep quality. 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