http://www.emfnews.org/<br />http://www.emfnews.org/qlinks.html<br /><br />Teens who spend excessive amounts of time texting and networking are associated with greater risk for unhealthy behaviors or mental health problems, according to a Case Western Reserve School of Medicine study.<br />The research was conducted to determine if communication technologies could be associated with poor health behaviors, including drinking, smoking, and sexual activity. The study based its findings upon a sample of high school students from an urban Midwestern U.S. county.<br />According to the findings, nearly 20 percent of the participants were “hyper-texters.” The researchers defined “hyper-texting” as texting more than 120 messages per school day. Many of these participants were female, from lower socioeconomic status, a member of a minority group, and had no father in the home.<br />Specifically, these hyper-texting teens were found to be highly at risk<br /><br />http://www.emfnews.org/store/<br />http://www.emfnews.org/products.html
