VTV.vn – WHO have warned about the significant increase in the status of teenagers in European countries addictive social network, causing harm to the mental health of them.
Organization world health organization (WHO) warned of “significant increase in the use of social networks matter” in adolescents in European countries. According to the WHO European region, the phrase “matter” be WHO to use when young people are “the same symptoms as the addiction”. WHO warned more than 10% of youth are “at risk of playing video games matter”.
WHO regional director for the Europe – said Hans Kluge – recommendations need to take immediate action to help youth change the habit of using the social network, which has been proven can lead to depression, bullying, anxiety and poor academic results.
Statistical data of the WHO in the year 2022 for 280,000 people aged 11, 13 and 15 from 44 countries in Europe, Central Asia, and Canada found that 11% of adolescents have signs using the social network “has problems”, an increase compared to only 7% of the 4 years before that.
In European countries, the use of social networks have problems in adolescents has increased significantly (Photo: Almond Solutions)
The survey found that more than 30% of teenagers play online games everyday and 22% of them played at least 4 hours. 12% of youth at risk “addicted” to gambling.
WHO European region called the water promotes taken knowledge of in school, strengthen the services mental health as well as teacher training and service provider of health care, at the same time enforce accountability for the supplier means of social media.
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