New research suggests that youngsters are at risk of "screen addiction" because of the time they spend watching TV and playing computer games.
A study has shown that in the UK, 10 and 11 year-olds have access to five screens in the average house.
The average screen time for British adolescents is 6.1 hours per day and rising.
A child born today will have spent one full year of 24-hour days watching screen media by the age of seven.
Researcher Dr Arik Sigman told Sky News that he believes a generation of children is now at risk from becoming "screen addicted". Full story...
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A study has shown that in the UK, 10 and 11 year-olds have access to five screens in the average house.
The average screen time for British adolescents is 6.1 hours per day and rising.
A child born today will have spent one full year of 24-hour days watching screen media by the age of seven.
Researcher Dr Arik Sigman told Sky News that he believes a generation of children is now at risk from becoming "screen addicted". Full story...
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