Spending 30 minutes less on social media daily and engaging instead in physical activity for that duration can significantly improve mental health, according to a new study.
The research, published last week in the Journal of Public Health, assessed a total of 642 volunteers and found that those who swapped 30 minutes of their social media use (SMU) time with exercise for two weeks felt “happier, more satisfied, less stressed by the Covid-19 pandemic and less depressed than a control group”.
