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Social media and teenage health ⏲️ 6 Minute English
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Hello. This is Six Minute
English from BBC
Learning English. I'm Neil. Beth?
What are you doing? Get off your phone!
Oh, sorry! And I'm Beth.
Are you addicted to social media?
It wouldn't be a surprise.
With so many different apps out there,
Snapchat, TikTok, and the latest, Threads,
it's easy to spend a lot more time on your phone than ever before.
Yes, I don't think I'm addicted,
but I definitely spend more time on social media than I'd like to.
However, there are plenty of studies out there looking
at how social media affects mental health with some saying
it can be as addictive as gambling. Research in the US has found
that adolescents who spend more than three hours a day on social media
have double the risk of developing depression and anxiety. An adolescent
is someone aged ten to nineteen,
between childhood and adulthood. With that in mind,
it's no wonder parents are worried. To help with this, the US is currently
in the process of regulating social media apps for teenagers.
Some scientists think the UK should do the same.
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