About this episode

Dr. Stephanie Haridopolos discusses the impacts of screen time on children's health and the new advisory from the Surgeon General's office.

Since 2010, math scores in 13-year-olds have dropped 14%, reading has dropped 7%, and by 2050, 40% of kids are projected to have myopia and the Surgeon General's office just connected that curve to the screen in your child's hand. Today, I sat down with Dr. Stephanie Haridopolos, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health at HHS, to walk through the new advisory on screen harms, the 5-D framework parents can use today, and what bell-to-bell phone policies are actually doing in 37 states. CLICK HERE TO BECOME GARY’S VIP!: ⁠https://bit.ly/4ai0Xwg⁠ Connect with Stephanie Haridopolos through the Office of the Surgeon General Website: ⁠https://bit.ly/4tSfkQp⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://bit.ly/4eLK81e⁠ YouTube: ⁠https://bit.ly/3RCtyqO⁠ Facebook: ⁠https://bit.ly/3R6RLWk⁠ X: ⁠https://bit.ly/3P1RYtf⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠https://bit.ly/4dikiPW⁠ Thank you to our partners A-GAME: “ULTIMATE15” FOR 15% OFF: http://bit.ly/4kek1ij AION: “ULTIMATE10” FOR 10% OFF: https://bit.ly/4h6KHAD AIRES: "ULTIMATE20 " FOR 20% OFF: https://bit.ly/4a3Duze BAJA GOLD: "ULTIMATE10" FOR 10% OFF: https://bit.ly/3WSBqUa BODYHEALTH: “ULTIMATE20” FOR 20% OFF: http://bit.ly/4e5IjsV COLD LIFE: THE ULTIMATE HUMAN PLUNGE…

People in this episode

Host: Gary Brecka

Guest: Dr. Stephanie Haridopolos

Topics covered

• screen time
• children's health
• educational decline
• myopia
• Surgeon General advisory

Keywords

• screen harms
• children
• health advisory
• myopia
• educational decline

Sponsors

A-GAME, AION, AIRES, BAJA GOLD, BODYHEALTH, COLD LIFE, CYMBIOTIKA, GOPUFF, H2TAB

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: HHS, Surgeon General's office, GENETIC METHYLATION TEST, GENETIC TEST, HEALF

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