Association of screen time with parent-reported cognitive delay in preschool children of Kerala, India

• Main Authors: Jijo Joseph John (Author), Reny Joseph (Author), Alice David (Author), Ann Bejoy (Author), Kalyan Varghese George (Author), Lisa George (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Screen use is increasing rapidly among preschool children and excess screen use in these children has been associated with cognitive side effects and speech delay. We undertook this study to estimate the risk associated with screen time in children, parental supervision, and pare...