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Screen Time and Its Health Consequences in Children and Adolescents.
Review in Children (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07247305 (Screen Culture's Impact on Generation Z Adolescents' Physical Activity, Posture and Well-being in Egypt), which is not on this map. Cited by 55 papers.
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Screen Culture's Impact on Generation Z Adolescents' Physical Activity, Posture and Well-being in Egypt: A Cross-sectional Study
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55 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Screen Exposure and Childhood Adiposity in Socially Vulnerable Settings: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2026Article
- Survey Showed That Limiting Daily Screen Time Could Help to Avoid Mental Health Issues in Children Aged 8-17Years.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2026Article
- Screen Time, Unhealthy Eating Behaviors, and Associated Health Risks in Children: A Narrative Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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- Trends and Behavioral Correlates of Excessive Screen Time Among Swedish Adolescents: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study (2017-2023).Addictive behaviors reports · 2026Article
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- Epidemiology of primary headache and lifestyle factors among children and adolescents: a regional school-based study in China.The journal of headache and pain · 2026Article
- Prevalence of excessive screen time and its associated factors among schoolchildren in Damascus, Syria: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- What is the connection between screen time and lifestyle factors important for bone health? Findings from the Hertfordshire Intergenerational Study.Archives of osteoporosis · 2026Article
- Food Game: A Gamified Interventional Study to Promote Healthy Eating, Lifestyle Behaviours, and Sustainability in Italian High School.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Health Benefits of Video Games in Adolescents and Young Adults.Current pediatrics reports · 2026Review
- Relationship Between Lifestyle During School Years, Ocular Biomechanics and Refractive Status in Adult Myopes.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Article
- Life Course and Cohort Patterns in Screen Time Among School-Aged Children in the United States.Journal of pediatrics. Clinical practice · 2025Article
- Associations of smartphone, computer, and television use with insufficient sleep duration and overweight/obesity among lithuanian adolescents: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
Nowadays, children and adolescents are exposed to digital media (DM) from an early age. Therefore, specific guidelines have been published by the World Health Organization, whose aim is to limit daily screen time (ST) viewing. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, a rise in DM use, and consequently ST viewing, was observed. More and more aspects of modern life are thought to be affected by excessive ST viewing. Accordingly, the aim of this review is to document the health effects of excessive ST viewing on children and adolescents. A narrative review was performed in searchable databases. In total, 43 original articles were considered. Excessive ST viewing was correlated with increased risk for obesity and other cardiometabolic risk factors, mental health, unhealthy dietary habits and eating disorders, and problems in development and child-parent relationships. Sleep, physical activity, eyesight, headaches, and the musculoskeletal system were negatively affected as well. However, the effect of ST was weighted by the type of media used and the way types of media were used. Other confounding factors were reported. There is evidence to suggest a negative correlation between excessive ST and youth health exists. Nevertheless, more research is needed if this correlation is to be established.
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