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9 in 10 children don’t get enough exercise or sleep and are glued to screens.

 

9 in 10 children don’t get enough exercise or sleep and are glued to screens.

According to a study at Loughborough University and University College London. Nine out of ten children are not getting enough sleep or exercise and spend to much time on screens.

Only 9.7 percent of 14-year-olds in the UK meet the three recommendations, with more than three-quarters of teenagers spending more than two hours on screens every day.

In England, there are no screen time limits but in Canada, less than two hours a day is recommended for younger children.

The study found that almost 77 percent of 14-year-olds spend two or more hours a day on screen. Less than half of 14-year-olds achieve the recommended hour or more a day of moderate or physical activity.

It was also found that more than one in ten children failed to get more than eight hours sleep on a school night.

Not getting enough sleep has been linked to depressive symptoms and may also harm thinking skills according to the Royal College of Paediatrics.

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