{"id":31858,"date":"2018-02-19T17:30:04","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T12:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.1mg.com\/articles\/?p=31858"},"modified":"2018-04-25T14:46:42","modified_gmt":"2018-04-25T09:16:42","slug":"social-media-childhood-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1mg.com\/articles\/social-media-childhood-depression\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Social Media Causing Childhood Depression? : 1mg News Digest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31859 size-full\" title=\"Is Social Media Causing Childhood Depression? : 1mg News Digest\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1mg.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/shutterstock_533060161.jpg\" alt=\"Is Social Media Causing Childhood Depression\" width=\"630\" height=\"380\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Is social media causing childhood depression?<\/strong><br \/>\nSocial media is a contributing factor in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1mg.com\/categories\/-42?utm_source=articletrack&amp;utm_medium=Mind_Care\">teenage depression<\/a>, anxiety and other mental health issues. These problems are often complex and wide-ranging &#8211; from excessive use of gaming or social media sites to feelings of inadequacy brought on by a constant bombardment of social media images of other people&#8217;s lives to cyber-bullying.<br \/>\nSource: BBC News<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Ultra-processed foods linked to increased cancer risk<\/strong><br \/>\nResearchers discovered that people who eat more ultra-processed foods have a higher risk of cancer. Such foods are the ones with unrecognizable and unpronounceable words on the list of ingredients &#8212; anything from the candy that turns your tongue blue to healthier-sounding canned soups packed with artificial flavours, additives or emulsifiers. Most food is processed to some degree, but ultra-processed foods are typically much more calories, sodium- and sugar-packed.<br \/>\nSource: CNN News<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Sibling Bullying Could Increase Risk Of Psychotic Disorders<\/strong><br \/>\nThe researchers found that the more frequently children are involved in sibling bullying &#8211; either as a bully, a victim, or both &#8211; the more likely they are to develop a psychotic disorder.<br \/>\nSource: NDTV<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. 9 Foods To Avoid If You Are Suffering From Piles<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen you are suffering from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1mg.com\/categories\/-50?utm_source=articletrack&amp;utm_medium=Ayurvedic_Stomach_Care\">piles<\/a>, there are days when you feel more pain than some other days. It is your food habits or the kind of diet you consume playing a pivotal role to improve or worsen your bowel movements and eventually what you pass! Pondering about your last night meal that intensified those pangs of pain?Here, have a look at what foods to avoid when you are suffering from piles.<br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1mg.com\/articles\/9-foods-avoid-suffering-piles\/\">1mg.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31859\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1mg.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/shutterstock_533060161.jpg\" alt=\"Is Social Media Causing Childhood Depression\" title=\"Is Social Media Causing Childhood Depression? : 1mg News Digest\" width=\"630\" height=\"380\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[216,88,340],"class_list":["post-31858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1mg-news","tag-childcare","tag-depression","tag-mind-care"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Is Social Media Causing Childhood Depression? : 1mg News Digest - Tata 1mg Capsules<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Is social media causing childhood depression? 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