Abstract: The present study aims to know the impact of screen time on physical health of adolescents. In this study the sample was collected from Patna town using purposive sampling method. Data was collected from 300 adolescents aged 10-19 years. Out of 300 respondents, 142 were adolescent girls and 158 were adolescent boys. A questionnaire was developed for assessing the data from the respondents. The mean age of the adolescents was 15.01 years. The mean height, weight and BMI of the adolescents were 154 cm, 46.11kg and 19.13 kg/m2 respectively. The study found that maximum number of adolescents that is 45.66% spend more......
Keywords: Screen Time, Physical Health, Adolescents.
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