EFFECT AND STATS FOR OUR SCREEN TIME DURING THIS PANDEMIC PERIOD
Well , if you don’t know , our screen time in this quarantine period has gone up more than 100% , which is really very shocking .
And , Most people can’t go more than 1 hour 43 minutes staying away from the screen a day !
Also , Teenagers spend 6 hours and 40 minutes of screen time on an average day during this period .
Not lagging behind , Children between the ages of 8 to 12 years tally 4 hours and 36 minutes of daily screen time .
EFFECTS
- Increases rates of obesity
- Negative effects on sleep
- Increased rates of an eye checkup
- Children also start to bully others due to more screen time
- They lose concentration in studies
- The brain is also damaged due to excessive screen time .
BUT , WHAT’S SCIENTIFIC HERE , EH ?
Well , as I said , this screen has effects on our brains . Want to know the part of the brain that is damaged due to this ? It is none other than the cortex . Which is an important part of our body . But what has happened ? People over time have thinner cortexes than others . What will happen then ? Well , for you to be shocked , cortex is the region of our body which processes information to the five senses . A thinner cortex means the time taken to convey the information will be more , which means , our body will slowly slow down . Bad news ?
WHAT CAN WE DO TO PREVENT THIS ASAP ?
- Check your pickups ( That is , How many times you pick up your device ) . And , try to reduce them if they are more than required .
- Force yourself to limit the use of those apps which don’t matter to you .
- Don’t watch at a screen during meals .
- Set a timer for watching a screen .
- Take up some other hobbies when you’re bored . ( Other than screen time hobbies . )
