Every hour spent in front of a screen is linked to poorer exam results

Monday, September 7, 2015 - 05:30 in Psychology & Sociology

By the time they are teenagers, more than two-thirds of young people are not doing enough physical activity. Teenagers spend an average of eight hours every day sitting, with 11 to 15-year-olds watching nearly three hours of television. Most of us are well aware that such behaviour risks damaging their physical health, but there's an additional problem. I have been involved in a new piece of research which suggests that too much screen time is also harming grades.

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