Avoid spending much time on phone, laptop to stay young, suggests study

Several studies in the past had underlined that spending too much time on gadgets may impact your eyesight or mental health. However, a new study suggests that it may also affect your aging process.

The animal-model study, published in the journal ‘Frontiers in Aging’, indicated that excessive blue light from gadgets, including smartphones and laptops, may accelerate the aging process.

“Excessive exposure to blue light from everyday devices, such as TVs, laptops and phones, may have detrimental effects on a wide range of cells in our body, from skin and fat cells to sensory neurons,” said co-author of the study, Jadwiga Giebultowicz, from Oregon State University in the US.