Abstract
The active spread of digital technologies all over the world, the mobile availability of high-speed Internet have caused a sharp increase in the time the population spends at the screens of smartphones, tablets, televisions and other media devices. In particular, this tendency influenced the model of behavior of the younger generation in relation to health, lifestyle, and the level of physical activity. The sedentary lifestyle of children and adolescents, associated with screen addiction, causes various diseases, social problems, poor academic performance, and negatively affects the indicators of their physical and mental health. The current study presents data that reflect the dynamic relationship of "screen time" with indicators of physical development of adolescents. The participants were children of primary school age from 6 to 10 years old (n-74). Measurements were carried out using fitness tests, anthropometry, questionnaires, self-report diaries of physical activity and time spent by the study participants with digital technology. The paper discusses the main effective means and methods to improve the motivation of young people for regular exercise. Actions for the formation of a strategy for the behavior of the younger generation in ways of interacting with digital technologies are outlined.
Highlights
The current situation of the rapid development of digital technologies all over the world, the replacement of physical activity of the population with online activity from an early age negatively affects the health of the younger generation.An increase in the total time spent by people in the "digital space", dependence on video games, social networks, the Internet in general negatively affects the indicators of the physical development of children, causes various kinds of diseases, such as myopia, obesity, sleep disturbances, depression, etc
The key indicators that determine the level of physical development include individual functional and motor capabilities of children: aerobic endurance, strength and speedstrength abilities, as well as the ratio of height-weight indicators expressed in body mass index (BMI)
A promising solution in this situation can be the creation of an effective management system for the process of physical education, constant monitoring of the physical development of young people, data processing with the subsequent introduction of corrective measures
Summary
The current situation of the rapid development of digital technologies all over the world, the replacement of physical activity of the population with online activity from an early age negatively affects the health of the younger generation. An increase in the total time spent by people in the "digital space", dependence on video games, social networks, the Internet in general negatively affects the indicators of the physical development of children, causes various kinds of diseases, such as myopia, obesity, sleep disturbances, depression, etc. According to objective measurements of the health of children and adolescents from 6 to 19 years old, the proportion of a sedentary lifestyle is from 6 to 8 hours daily, while more than half of the respondents exceeded the current norms of "screen time" (more than 2 hours a day). Children and adolescents with screen addiction showed low self-esteem, problems of social behavior, poor academic performance, and low indicators of mental health [4]
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