Social-media use 'disrupting teen sleep and exercise'
, a representative group of more than 12,000 teenagers at school in England was interviewed over three years, from the age of 13 to 16.Teenagers in Year 9 were asked how often they checked social-media sites such as Instagram, Facebook, Whatsapp and Twitter each day - but not how long they spent using them.
In Year 11, the teenagers were asked about their levels of happiness and how anxious and satisfied with life they were.The boys and girls who had checked social-media sites more than three times a day had poorer mental health. "But they should worry about how much physical activity and sleep they're getting, because social media is displacing other things."
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