As the alarming impact on young people's physical and mental health becomes clear, the community must come together to tackle ...

However, the research also highlights that mindfulness can act as a buffer, helping to reduce the impact of this fear and, in turn, lessen compulsive social media behaviors. These findings provide ...

An overload of sweets, sugary drinks or skipping breakfast in adolescence is directly linked to overusing social media, ...

Poor dietary habits in adolescence – lots of sweets, sugary drinks or skipping breakfast – is directly linked to overusing social media, University of Queensland research has found.

Those patients include children as young as 8 or 9 years old. "I see the harmful impacts of social media overuse every single day in my practice ... I take care of kids in the hospital following ...

and the potential consequences of overuse. Prevention programs can provide current information about the realities and risks of various forms of digital media use (e.g., social media, gaming ...

The researchers reported that while issues like cyber-bullying, body shaming and negative body image are beyond the scope of the study they know from other research that overuse of social media ...