{
  "id": 11237958,
  "title": "Smartphone ownership linked to higher risk of eating disorder symptoms among 12-year olds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/smartphone-ownership-linked-to-higher-risk-of-eating-disorder",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-01T16:40:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-smartphone-ownership-linked-higher-disorder.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Take a walk down the street, and you'll see that most people are holding a smartphone. From older people to toddlers, screens have taken over much of our lives. While younger children have some adult supervision over how they use their phones, recent data suggest that 7 in 10 12-year-olds own a personal smartphone. Scientists are increasingly concerned about this pattern, as research has linked…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}