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Post: Jounal Publishes "Media is a Kids' Health Issue" Issue

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Jounal Publishes "Media is a Kids' Health Issue" Issue

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The medical journal Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine has published an issue dedicated exclusively to examining how media impacts kids. Among the topics examined in the issue are how screen time impacts children's dietary choices, how violent media influence kids' social development, and how media influence the choices teens make about their sexual behavior. For more on the issue, and more detailed descriptions of the research, check ou the APAM Web site here.

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