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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nina Massey

‘Primary school children miss out on sleep as they scroll through social media’

PA Wire

Primary school children could be missing out on the equivalent of one full-night’s sleep each week due to excessive social media use, a new study suggests.

Almost 70 per cent of children surveyed revealed they used social media for four hours a day or more, with 66 per cent accessing it in the two hours before bed, while 12.5 per cent admitted using it in the middle of the night when they should be asleep.

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