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Children need to play more outside in an unstructured environment
Health Headlines Commentary for October 14, 2019 Source:Canadian kids aren’t playing outside enough, experts say, and it’s harming their health
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Study cannot show that children exposed to more than two hours of screen time are more likely to exhibit ADHD symptoms. This one had self-reporting bias and did not have the power to show causality.
Health Headlines Commentary for April 18, 2019 Source:Children who have more than two hours of screen time daily are more likely to display ADHD symptoms: study. Reference:Screen-time is associated with inattention problems in preschoolers: Results from the CHILD birth cohort study
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Observational study reporting that screen time has little effect on sleep cannot demonstrate cause and effect. No conclusion can be draw only more questions.
Health Headlines Commentary for November 12, 2018 Source: Children’s screen time has little effect on sleep, says study Reference: Digital Screen Time and Pediatric Sleep: Evidence from a Preregistered Cohort Study
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The cart and the horse: Does poor sleep/insomnia leads to increased screen-time or is it the reverse?
Health Headlines Commentary for November 10, 2016 Source: Is your phone making you tired? Using devices with a blue light before bed lowers the quality of sleep Reference: Direct Measurements of Smartphone Screen-Time: Relationships with Demographics and Sleep
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New book looks at impact of electronic devices on young children’s development
Health Headlines Commentary for August 25, 2016 Source: Kids are getting too much screen time – and it’s affecting their development Reference: i-Minds: How Cell Phones, Computers, Gaming and Social Media Are Changing Our Brains, Our Behaviour and the Evolution of Our Species”