Adolescents who spend more than three hours a day engaged in sedentary behaviors – including playing video games, reading for leisure or spending a lot of time distracted by screens – have a higher ...

Physical fitness, physical activity and screen time are associated with brain mechanisms underlying mental health and learning, according to two recent studies from the University of Eastern Finland ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adolescents’ sleep time was delayed by 11 minutes for every hour they used a device to communicate with friends.

The increasing prevalence of screens and social media in the lives of children and adolescents have been a hot topic. There has been much public discussion and intense public debate about the ways ...

Kids are spending more time on screens than ever. Experts say their screen time is hurting their mental health. Smartphones have been around since 2007, meaning this year’s high school seniors have ...

When it comes to screen time and kids, less is more. That’s according to a recent Denmark study led by Dr. Jesper Schmidt-Persson from the University of Southern Denmark. It looked at the effects of ...

Adolescents spend an average of 70 minutes of their school days on their phones, new research finds. But parents can help suggest ways kids not use phones at school.

A study links excessive screen time in children to higher body fat and poor metabolic health, highlighting cardiorespiratory ...

Sleep is a fundamental biological necessity, especially during adolescence, a period marked by rapid physical, emotional, and ...