ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
Children's Health in the Digital Age.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 81 citations in OpenAlex.
- Impact of digital addiction on youth health: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2025Pooled it
- The Effect of Digital Addiction Training on University Students' Digital Addiction, Sleep Quality, and Orexin-A Levels: Randomized Controlled Trial.BMC psychology · 2025Trial
- Improving student resilience through Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) therapy by strengthening self-awareness.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- The Chronological Trigger: The Orchestra Between Homeobox Genes and the Circadian Clock During Development.Biology of the cell · 2025Review
- The relationship between autism spectrum disorder and screen time in children: a literature review.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Review
- Development and field test of the child and adolescent sleep checklist for parents of community junior high school students.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2025Article
- Towards an evidence-based integrative lighting score: a proposed multi-level approach.Annals of medicine · 2024Review
- Digital Interventions for Combating Internet Addiction in Young Children: Qualitative Study of Parent and Therapist Perspectives.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2024Article
- Digital Addiction in Children and Affecting Factors.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Seasonal Variations in 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels among Pediatric Patients Attending the Healthcare Centre.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Validating the Problematic Media Use Measure in Preschool-Aged Children: Associations With Children's Screen Media Use, Bothersome Pestering to Use Screen Media, and Emotional Self-Regulation.Technology, mind, and behavior · 2024Article
- Mothers Practices and Factors Affecting Sunlight Exposure of Their Infants in Adami Tulu Jido Kombolcha District, East Shoa Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia, 2022: A Community Based Cross-Sectional Study.Global pediatric health · 2024Article
- Genetic polymorphism in HTR2A rs6313 is associated with internet addiction disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Determining the Impact of Lifestyle on the Health of Primary School Children in Slovenia Through Mixed Membership Focus Groups.Journal of community health · 2023Article
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- Research trends related to problematic smartphone use among school-age children including parental factors: a text network analysis.Child health nursing research · 2023Article
- Ground Rules for Preschooler Exposure to the Digital Environment: A Review of Studies.Psychology in Russia : state of the art · 2023Article
- A comprehensive review on emerging trends in the dynamic evolution of digital addiction and depression.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Digital Addiction and Sleep.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Sleep problems, sleep duration, and use of digital devices among primary school students in Japan.BMC public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Environmental studies, metabolic research, and state of the art research in neurobiology point towards the reduced amount of natural day and sunlight exposure of the developing child, as a consequence of increasingly long hours spent indoors online, as the single unifying source of a whole set of health risks identified worldwide, as is made clear in this review of currently available literature. Over exposure to digital environments, from abuse to addiction, now concerns even the youngest (ages 0 to 2) and triggers, as argued on the basis of clear examples herein, a chain of interdependent negative and potentially long-term metabolic changes. This leads to a deregulation of the serotonin and dopamine neurotransmitter pathways in the developing brain, currently associated with online activity abuse and/or internet addiction, and akin to that found in severe substance abuse syndromes. A general functional working model is proposed under the light of evidence brought to the forefront in this review.
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