ArticleJournal of preventive medicine and hygiene2023
Prevalence of excess screen time among secondary school children in rural India.
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- Shared Determinants of Poor Sleep, Obesity and Adiposity in Adolescents Aged 8-18-Years: A Systematic Review.Journal of sleep research · 2025Pooled it
- Nutritional status and behaviour difficulties among adolescent girls in a rural area of Ludhiana - A cross-sectional study.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2026Article
- Prevalence of excessive screen time and its associated factors among schoolchildren in Damascus, Syria: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Have sedentary lifestyles reached even remote parts of the Global South? Evidence from school-going adolescents' time use in India.PloS one · 2026Article
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- Age-specific effects of screen time on overweight/obese: a structural equation model of children and adolescents in Western Maharashtra, India.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Physical Activity and Screen Time Pattern among Infants, Toddlers, and Preschool Children: A descriptive Study from Northeast India.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social MedicineArticle
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Abstract
Introduction: Screen time has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially among children and teenagers. This has come at the expense of their healthy eating habits, physical activity and adequate amount of quality sleep. The excessive use of screen-device can lead to addiction which starts during adolescent years. Objectives: Primary Objective: to assess prevalence of excess screen time among secondary school children; Secondary Objective: to correlate Body Mass Index (BMI), sleep duration, duration of physical activity and food habits with screen time duration. Material and Methods: Study settings and design: cross-sectional study was conducted in secondary schools in the rural field practice area of a private medical college in Pune, India. The study included 184 school children from eighth to tenth standard. Data was collected using a self-administered, questionnaire. Results: Prevalence of excess screen time among secondary school children was 83.2%. Mobile phone was the most used device (98.9%). There was a significant association between excess screen time and inadequate sleep. Conclusions: The present study reports high prevalence of excess screen time in rural school going children in rural India. There is a need for strategies to combat this in school health programs on priority.
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