Editing Consumer electronics (section)

==Health impact==

Desktop monitors and laptops can contribute to major physical health concerns known as [[repetitive strain injuries]]. For example, when users are forced to bend to see electronic screens better, they may experience chronic neck and back pains. The best-known disease in this category is [[carpal tunnel syndrome]]. Other conditions include [[de Quervain syndrome]], a condition that affects tendons in the thumb.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2015-07-12 |title=Health Risks of Electronic Devices |url=http://thewip.net/2015/07/12/health-risks-of-electronic-devices/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603223638/http://thewip.net/2015/07/12/health-risks-of-electronic-devices/ |archive-date=3 June 2017 |access-date=2017-05-26 |website=The Women's International Perspective |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Electronic use before bed is also associated with poorer sleep quality and sleep duration.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Pham |first1=Hue Thi |last2=Chuang |first2=Hsiao-Ling |last3=Kuo |first3=Ching-Pyng |last4=Yeh |first4=Tzu-Pei |last5=Liao |first5=Wen-Chun |date=2021-08-24 |title=Electronic Device Use before Bedtime and Sleep Quality among University Students |journal=Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) |volume=9 |issue=9 |pages=1091 |doi=10.3390/healthcare9091091 |doi-access=free |issn=2227-9032 |pmc=8466496 |pmid=34574865}}</ref> Low quality sleep and short sleep duration is associated with various health conditions such as [[obesity]] and [[diabetes]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=St-Onge |first1=Marie-Pierre |last2=Grandner |first2=Michael A. |last3=Brown |first3=Devin |last4=Conroy |first4=Molly B. |last5=Jean-Louis |first5=Girardin |last6=Coons |first6=Michael |last7=Bhatt |first7=Deepak L. |last8=American Heart Association Obesity, Behavior Change, Diabetes, and Nutrition Committees of the Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health; Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young; Council on Clinical Cardiology; and Stroke Council |date=2016-11-01 |title=Sleep Duration and Quality: Impact on Lifestyle Behaviors and Cardiometabolic Health: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association |journal=Circulation |volume=134 |issue=18 |pages=e367–e386 |doi=10.1161/CIR.0000000000000444 |issn=1524-4539 |pmc=5567876 |pmid=27647451}}</ref>