"New research conducted by scientists from UC Berkeley and Columbia University found that children 12 years old and younger who received one of these devices were at a higher risk of depression, obesity, and sleep deprivation. The alarming findings, published as a study in the journal Pediatrics, were based on an analysis of over 10,000 children who participated in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study between 2018 and 2020,"
"Not only did the researchers find that children who owned a smartphone by age 12 were at a greater risk of depression, obesity, and poor sleep, but they also showed that the younger a child was when they first received a smartphone, the higher those risks became for obesity and poor sleep in particular. The earlier a kid is hooked on a smartphone, in other words, the worse their physical and mental health outcomes are likely to be."
An analysis of over 10,000 children from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development cohort (2018–2020) compared children who received smartphones by age 12 with roughly 3,800 peers who did not. Children who owned a smartphone by age 12 showed higher rates of depression, obesity, and poor sleep. Median age of first smartphone ownership in the sample was 11. Risk for obesity and poor sleep increased the younger a child was when first given a smartphone. Early smartphone exposure correlated with worse physical and mental health outcomes among preadolescents.
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