1-year-old children who watch too much TV, phone screens or similar devices are at risk of delayed development in 5 assessed criteria, including: Communication skills, Situational handling skills; Personal and social skills; Gross motor skills (such as running, jumping...) and Fine motor skills (such as picking up objects).
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| 1-year-old children who watch too much TV, phone screens or similar devices are at risk of slow development in the 5 criteria assessed. Illustrative photo. |
This is the first study to show the harmful effects of using electronic devices on children as young as 1 year old. The new research results were published in the online edition of the American Medical Association's journal JAMA Pediatrics.
Researchers from Chiba University and a national child health center in Japan evaluated data collected from 57,980 children and their mothers, based on screen time ranging from zero to more than four hours. This latest study focused only on children born between 2011 and 2014.
The results show that 1-year-old children who watch too much TV, phone screens or similar devices are at risk of slow development in 5 assessed criteria, including: Communication skills, Situational handling skills; Personal and social skills; Gross motor skills (such as running, jumping...) and Fine motor skills (such as picking up objects).
Children who had less screen time tended to perform better on these skills. Research also showed that higher performance on these skills was associated with interactions with other family members, such as having older siblings or being read to regularly.
“We hope this study will help families with young children think about media exposure at home,” said Midori Yamamoto, a member of the research team and an assistant professor at the Center for Preventive Medicine Science at Chiba University.
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