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Impact of Screen Time on Children's Health

Increased screen time among children is linked to a rise in socioemotional problems, including anxiety, depression, and aggression, with older children and girls being more susceptible. Sedentary behaviors associated with screen use can lead to orthopedic issues, obesity, and cardiovascular risks, while excessive screen exposure can cause eye fatigue and discomfort. Additionally, children facing socioemotional challenges may use screens as a coping mechanism, further exacerbating the issue.

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Impact of Screen Time on Children's Health

Increased screen time among children is linked to a rise in socioemotional problems, including anxiety, depression, and aggression, with older children and girls being more susceptible. Sedentary behaviors associated with screen use can lead to orthopedic issues, obesity, and cardiovascular risks, while excessive screen exposure can cause eye fatigue and discomfort. Additionally, children facing socioemotional challenges may use screens as a coping mechanism, further exacerbating the issue.

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“Children are spending more and more time on screens, for everything from

entertainment to homework to messaging friends”said Michael Noetel,PhD.,2025

The more children engaged with electronic screens,the more likely they were to
develop socioemotional [Link] included both internalizing problems, and
externalizing problems, such as anxiety and depression, and externalizing problems,
such as aggression and [Link], children experiencing
socioemotional problems were found to be more likely to turn screens as a coping
mechanism.

Compared with younger children(ages 0-5), older children (ages 6-10) were more
likely to develop socioemotional problems with greater screen [Link] were
generally more suceptible to developing socioemotional problems with greater screen
use, while boys were more likely to increase screen use when facing socioemotional
problems.(Roberta Pires Vasconcellos,Taren Sanders ,Chris Lonsdale,Philip
Parker.,2025)

Increased screen time may be a possible reflection of problematic screen use,


including difficulty self regulating use and consequent personal, familial, social, and
school related functional [Link] have linked increased screen exposure
to decreased inhibitory control neurologically and behaviorally.(Chen Y-Y,Yim
H,Lee T-H, 2023) (Lewin KM,MeshiD,Alade F, Lesht E,Herring C, Devaraju DS et
al., 2023)

Sedentary behaviours, or non-exercising seated activities, may result in significant


orthopedic [Link] time, primarily of small-screen handheld devices is argued
to affect posture and creating musculoskeletal load and discomfort [Link]
symptoms may be a result of the intense repetitive wrist and arm movement, and head
inclination found mostly during video game playing(Lui et al., 2011)

Screen time sedentary behaviour is claimed to increase risk of obesity, HDL


dysfunction,and high blood pressure which are major risk factors for cardiovascular
morbidity(Merghani et al., 2015)
Considerable computer screen viewing can lead to eye fatigue, blurred vision, eye
dryness, headaches, and discomfort. Such symptoms can be a result of glare, poor
lighting or improper viewing setting(Akinbinu and Mashalla, 2014)

Higher levels of symphathetic arousal were found in young adults and among school
aged children with internet addictive behaviour(Hsieh and Hsiao, 2016)

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