Obesity, Screen Addiction, And Media-Driven Fear Harm Children’s Health, Not Climate Change
by Anthony Watts Jan 28, 2025
The recent article by KXAN, titled “How Climate Change Impacts Children’s Mental, Physical Health,” claims that climate change is harming children in numerous ways. [emphasis, links added]
However, this article is false, and its narrative misses the forest for the trees. The real threats to children’s mental and physical health are much closer to home, and they have little, if anything, to do with climate change.
Issues like the alarming rise in childhood obesity and the pervasive addiction to video games and online content are far more immediate, damaging, and scientifically supported contributors to declining health in today’s youth.
To begin with, let’s consider childhood obesity, a crisis that has reached epidemic proportions in the United States and many other countries.
https://climatechangedispatch.com/obesity-screen-addiction-and-media-driven-fear-harm-childrens-health-not-climate-change/
