The average amount of time children spent staring at screens during the COVID-19 pandemic rose 52%, a new study says.
Nov. 14, 2022 --
Online education did account for some of the increase, the researchers said. Also, youths relied on phones and other devices to remain in touch with friends when face-to-face interactions were discouraged because of COVID. “These findings should be considered along with another meta-analysis suggesting a 32% decrease in children’s engagement in moderate to vigorous physical activity during the pandemic,” they wrote. “Policy-relevant pandemic recovery planning and resource allocation should therefore consider how to help children, adolescents, and families to ‘sit less and play more’ to meet the 24-hour movement guidelines.
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