It’s hard to imagine agreeing with anything the World Health Organization (WHO) proposes. Still, at its recent European Health Forum, the organization discussed solutions to a public health epidemic that could actually help.
The Director of the Division of Country Health Policies and Systems for the WHO, Dr. Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat, told Politico outside the conference that countries should consider legislation that regulates digital devices like smartphones to help mitigate the negative consequences on our children’s mental health. Azzopardi-Muscat likened the regulations to those most countries have adopted toward tobacco products, such as outlawing smoking for underage children and in some public places, like indoor facilities.
Providing a child with a smartphone or tablet at a younger age was correlated with heightened instances of:
• Suicidal ideation
• Aggression
• And feelings of detachment from reality
One interesting note: These trends are more prominent in females pic.twitter.com/IgyBxNBNeh
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“Maybe we need to think about where it is appropriate to use digital devices, and maybe it’s also time to start thinking about places where certain digital devices should not be used,” she told the outlet. (First October Surprise Comes At Worst Possible Moment For Harris’s Campaign)
“As with anything else, you can use these tools well and effectively, Azzopardi-Muscat continued. “But we have to be careful, because we have a portion of the population who are reporting problematic use, and we know that this eventually can........