Research
Teenage boys are spending less time outside, but what has changed?
Earth.com · By Eric Ralls ·
The Brief
- Teenage boys in the United States once spent considerably more time outdoors than teenage girls, and that gap was still clear around 2010.
- American boys aged 15 to 19 averaged more than 60 minutes a day outdoors around 2010.
- Since then, boys' outdoor time has fallen sharply; the source excerpt is cut off before the later figures.
Why it matters
The article reports a measurable decline in outdoor time among a specific group of teenagers, a trend that researchers studying youth health and time use would need to account for.
Who’s affected
- researchers studying adolescent health and behaviour
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- #united-states
Teenage boys in the United States once spent considerably more time outdoors than teenage girls. Around 2010, that gap was still clear. Since then, boys’ outdoor time has fallen sharply. American boys aged 15 to 19 averaged more than 60 minutes a day outdoors around 2010. By 2023…