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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Lifestyle
Harry Thompson

Too much screen time could shorten your lifespan, new study suggests

Using our phones too much can directly impact on how long we live, a new study has suggested.

21st-century humans are, more often than not, likely to spend a fair bit of the day (and night) looking at screens; this amount can often get out of balance.

It is thought on average adults spend 34 years of their lives with their faces in a screen, and a new study has looked into how our eyes’ light exposure can impact life expectancy.

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