Excessive recreational Internet use was associated with poor mental health in adolescents

Asaduzzaman Khan^{1

2}, Riaz Uddin^{1

2

3}, Eun-Young Lee⁴

Affiliations

¹ School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
² Active Healthy Kids Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
³ Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia.
⁴ School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.

Asaduzzaman Khan et al. Acta Paediatr. 2021 Feb.

. 2021 Feb;110(2):571-573.

doi: 10.1111/apa.15528. Epub 2020 Aug 29.

Asaduzzaman Khan^{1

2}, Riaz Uddin^{1

2

3}, Eun-Young Lee⁴

¹ School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
² Active Healthy Kids Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
³ Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia.
⁴ School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.

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Comment in

Excessive Internet use steals time from real-life brain development.
Victorin Å. Victorin Å. Acta Paediatr. 2021 Feb;110(2):385-386. doi: 10.1111/apa.15573. Epub 2020 Nov 8. Acta Paediatr. 2021. PMID: 33164254 No abstract available.

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