Mental Health

India’s Health Crisis: Junk Food & Smartphones Are Crippling a Generation

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After the study from China about screen addiction, it’s India’s turn. India’s Economic Survey 2025–26 has flagged a troubling trio of public health crises: rising obesity, mental health decline, and digital addiction, all fueled by rapid urbanization, processed food consumption, and near-universal smartphone access. The report warns these trends are eroding productivity, straining healthcare systems, … Read more

How Parent & Teen Screen Use Fuels a Family Mental Health Crisis

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A new study published in Psychology Research and Behavior Management, Parent-Adolescent Mobile Phone Addiction and Mental Health: Actor-Partner Effects in 4,633 Chinese Dyads, examines how mobile phone addiction in parents and adolescents influences depression and anxiety within families. The research, based on a large sample of 4,633 parent-child pairs in China, found that excessive phone … Read more

Social Media on Trial: Inside the Lawsuit Comparing Big Tech to Big Tobacco

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TikTok settles youth addiction lawsuit as trial against Meta and YouTube begins A landmark lawsuit accusing social media giants of deliberately designing addictive platforms that harm children’s mental health has taken a turn, with TikTok settling just as jury selection began in a California trial against Meta and YouTube. The case, brought by a 19-year-old … Read more

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