Determinants and health-related consequences of screen time in children and adolescents: post-COVID-19 insights from a prospective cohort study
Almost all children engage with screens, but those from socially disadvantaged backgrounds and with strained families face a heightened risk of prolonged screen time. The health consequences we identified call for close monitoring.
Authors
- Julien Lamour (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4410-507X)
- Klara Maria Posfay-Barbe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9464-5704)
- Roxane Dumont (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5910-9025)
- Andrea Loizeau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9481-4942)
- Rémy Barbe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1851-1787)
- Silvia Stringhini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4387-8943)
- Mayssam Nehme (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9189-6495)
- María-Eugenia Zaballa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0613-9519)
- Elsa Lorthe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9654-8104)
- Viviane Richard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2697-5191)
- Idris Guessous
Institutions
- University of Geneva (CH)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- Inserm (FR)
- Université Paris Cité (FR)
- Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (FR)
- Sorbonne Paris Cité (FR)
- University Hospital of Geneva (CH)
- Centre de Recherche Épidémiologie et Statistique (FR)
- Geneva College (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Swiss Medical Weekly
- Published
- 2025-06-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.57187/s.4247
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.93
Funders
- Bundesamt für Gesundheit
- Jacobs Foundation
- Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève
- Canton de Genève