{"id":1353,"date":"2014-12-11T12:34:02","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T11:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ijph.blogs.springer.com\/?p=1353"},"modified":"2014-12-11T12:34:02","modified_gmt":"2014-12-11T11:34:02","slug":"more-time-on-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.springer.com\/ijph\/current-debate\/more-time-on-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"More time on screen, more health complaints in adolescents"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As part of our special issue “Communication Technology, Media Use and the Health of our Kids”, we published a new study<\/a> looking at the associations between screen-based behaviour and health complaints in adolescents.<\/p>\n

The study uses data from HBSC <\/a>study and focuses on Slovak adolescents. More than 8,000 adolescents were included, aged between 11 and 15 years. Various screen-based behaviours were assessed (such as watching TV and playing computer games), as well as a number of health complaints (such as headache, backache, sleep difficulties, irritability etc).<\/p>\n

The authors report that time spent in front of the computer increased the chance of reporting all the assessed health complaints. Watching TV for more than 3 hours per day increased reporting of headaches, feeling low, being irritable and feeling nervous. These associations were not moderated by physical activity.<\/p>\n

What do you think? How can we reduce the effects of screen-related behaviours on health? Is it possible to “move” children away from the screens? And how?<\/p>\n

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* This study was written by Daniela\u00a0Brindova<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Zuzana\u00a0Dankulincova\u00a0Veselska<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Daniel\u00a0Klein<\/span>, <\/span>Zdenek\u00a0Hamrik<\/span>, <\/span>Dagmar\u00a0Sigmundova<\/span>, <\/span>Jitse\u00a0P.\u00a0van\u00a0Dijk<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Sijmen\u00a0A.\u00a0Reijneveld<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Andrea\u00a0Madarasova\u00a0Geckova<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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