I have found this very interesting article to do with how smartphones are affecting people's eyesight and causing problems for vision.
Within the article, David Allamby, the founder of Focus Clinics, has said that there has been a 35 per cent increase in the number of people with advancing myopia, which is short sightedness, since the launch of smartphones in 1997.
Previous research has shown that using a smartphone can cause headaches and damage people's vision. Mr Allamby also says that today children are most at risk of myopia, with children as young as age 7 being given smartphones to use.
He predicts that 40 to 50 per cent of 30 year olds could have myopia by 2033 as a result of a lifestyle involving smartphones and looking closely at a screen.
This particular article highlights an answer to my research question 2, as this is a very negative consequence and health implication of children using smartphones.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2394611/Have-got-screen-sightedness-Smartphones-causing-sight-problems-soar-warns-eye-surgeon.html
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