Many studies indicate excess screen time can impact a child’s brain development, even leading to behavioral issues, depression and anxiety, but a new study finds too much screen time can also hurt the heart. Dr. Erin Davis, a pediatric cardiologist at Emplify Health by Gundersen, says the report published in the Journal of the American Heart Association is especially alarming.
“It showed the increase of cardiovascular diseases and cardiometabolic diseases with increased screen time,” Davis says, “that being high blood pressure, high cholesterol, increased abdominal wall fat, and increased insulin resistance.”
Davis says studies from the American Academy of Pediatrics suggest children two years and under have -no- screen time, while older kids be limited to one or two hours a day.
