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Screen time is associated with pubertal onset in both boys and girls, although substantial heterogeneity and cross-sectional designs limit causal inference. Future longitudinal and experimental studies are needed to clarify underlying mechanisms and inform evidence-based guidelines for healthy pubertal development.
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Bolormaa et al. (2025) studied this question.
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