New Delhi New Delhi: Watching short videos or reels on social media platforms may have become an integral part of the daily life of young and middle-aged people, but a new study suggests that its addiction can cause high blood pressure. Is. The team analyzed data from 4,318 young and middle-aged people who reported screen time spent watching short videos before bedtime and also had medical checkups between January 2023 and September 2023.

They found that long screen time spent watching short videos before bedtime was associated with the prevalence of high blood pressure. “Screen time spent watching short videos before bedtime was significantly associated with essential hypertension in young and middle-aged people,” the team said in the paper published in the journal BMC Public Health.