ArticleiScience2026
The double-edged sword of digital development: A global Bayesian analysis of ICT and obesity in children and adolescents aged 5 to 19 years.
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The expansion of information and communication technology (ICT) may influence childhood and adolescent obesity, but global evidence on its spatiotemporal patterns remains limited. Using panel data from 160 countries during 1990-2020, we applied Bayesian spatiotemporal and regression models to examine associations between ICT development and obesity prevalence among those aged 5 to 19 years. ICT levels were highest in Europe and high income countries, whereas obesity prevalence was highest in the western Pacific, the Americas, and the eastern Mediterranean, as well as in high and upper middle income countries. Associations varied by region: higher ICT development was linked to lower obesity in the eastern Mediterranean, Africa, and the Americas, but to higher obesity in Europe, the western Pacific, and south-east Asia. These findings support regionally and socioeconomically tailored digital health policies to address childhood and adolescent obesity.
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