Health Experts Warn That ExcessiveUse Of Smart Gadgets Could Pose A Host Of Health Risks

With the century termed one of digital connect from the use of desktops at work, laptops at homes and handy digital gadgets such as tablets, smartphones and even watches for the intervening period, digital products and connectivity to the internet is becoming part and parcel of daily lives. What most people do not understand is that excessive use of anything-good or bad-can menifest in multiple ways, including the formation of an addiction. Addiction of any kind can have serious consequences. This is beginning to menifest itself with digital technology with health experts warning that the excessive use of smart gadgets could pose a host of health risks. The least of these, they say, would impairment of eyesight. It could also lead to a number of other issues such as stunting brain growth among children, causing memory loss, weakening cognitive abilities which could, in turn, impair decision making. Moreover, experts said that teenagers were particularly at risk from excessive internet usage causing mental, physical and psychological issues. Dr Sadia, a senior psychiatrist was of the opinion that people did not have proper knowledge about the negative impacts of the fast growing modern trend of watching social websites. People have become habitual of taking help from numerous websites. There is no more mental excercise in finding facts or having a discussion or going through books and newspapers. which is alarming. She said that disproportionate screen time was also causing abnormalities among teenagers and claimed that it was harming their nervous system. Children are losing moral values and becoming impatient, unsocial and lazy. Internet surfing was leading to a host of disorder s such as insomnia, laziness and improper eating. In children it was causing obesity, which further leads to diabetes abd depression at a very tender age.