Research identifies impact of teenage screen use

Medical X-Press – Staff Writer

Two thirds of children use more than one screen at the same time after school, in the evenings and at weekends as part of increasingly sedentary lifestyles, according to new research at the University of Leicester. An NIHR study of more than 800 adolescent girls between the ages of 11 and 14 identified worrying trends between screen use and lower physical activity—including higher BMI—as well as less sleep.

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