Health·BBC·2d agoUnited Kingdom

Doctors Warn School Screens Harm Children

150+ clinicians urge UK to cut classroom screen use

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Doctors Warn School Screens Harm Children

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More than 150 clinicians warned in an open letter that school screen use in England is harming children's physical and developmental health, citing a global rise in short-sightedness from 24% in 1990 to almost 36% by 2023.

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school screenschildren's healthshort-sightednessscreen time guidanceEngland education

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