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Have smartphones and ubiquitous internet access affected sedentary time among children and adolescents?

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MAY 19, 2022

This means that the increase in inactive time has come at the expense of lower-intensity physical activity, implying that children and adolescents have reduced their engagement in informal activities of daily living (not exercise) since 2005. His research interests focus on the health effects of physical activity on non-communicable diseases.

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Have smartphones and ubiquitous internet access affected sedentary time among children and adolescents?

Promoting and protecting the public’s health: recommendations for a new Administration and Congress, 2025

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