WHO recommends one-hour maximum screen time per day for under-5s

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Children aged two to four should not be allowed more than one hour of “sedentary screen time” per day. At the same time, infants aged less than a year should not be exposed to electronic screens at all, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said.

The United Nations agency, issuing its first such guidelines, yesterday said under-fives should also be physically active and get adequate sleep to help develop good lifelong habits and prevent obesity and other diseases in later life.