COVID-19 and Screen Addiction According to ground-breaking studies from Birkbeck, Southwest University, University of California, and Nottingham Trent University, video game use and addiction severity have grown dramatically during the COVID-19...
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World Health Organization recognized gaming addiction as a disease The big news this week was that the World Health Organization has recognized gaming addiction as a disease. This helps to bring non-substance abuse addictions to light and for...
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Video Game Addiction Test Parents often contact Summerland Camps to see if there is a video game addiction test or some other measure to know if their child is truly addicted to video games or the internet. Internet gaming disorder was first...
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Video Game Addiction Summer Camp: Why it’s Time Often parents who contact Summerland Camps wonder why no video game addiction summer camp for teens have been created before us. According to research in the Journal of Mental Health and Addiction...
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Screen Activity and Health It’s been known for a while that having a television in your child’s bedroom can lead to an increase in body mass index. A study published in the International Journal of Obesity found that kids age 7 are...
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Duke Study on Media Violence and Unhealthy Eating: The TV is not a Good Babysitter Teens consumed more unhealthy foods and beverages on days they were exposed to violence, and suffered from fatigue due to poor sleep the next day, according to a...
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