Excessive phone use by kids a health hazard: Experts

Amritsar | Monday | 18th June, 2018

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Many experts in the city feel that the there is a rise in the use of smart phones among kids which may lead to addiction at later stages. Dinkle PopliAmritsar, June 17These days it is easy to convince children for anything just by handing a smart phone over to them. Dr Sandeep Aggarwal, head of the paediatrics department at the Civil Hospital, Amritsar, says, “Children are more prone to phone addiction these days. It hinders the development and physical growth, leaving them in a depressed state,” said Meenu Arora, a city resident Psychology Prof Harleen Arora said, “The most alarming fact is that the mobile phone is being used extensively in age group of one to five years..