Sentences with phrase «growing public health crisis»

The company was responding to a pair of Apple shareholders who wrote an open letter last week arguing that the iPhone - maker needs to tackle what's seen as a «growing public health crisis» of smartphone addiction in young people.

Apple was criticised earlier this year by two of its own shareholders, who urged the company to address a «growing public health crisis» of smartphone addiction in young people.

In a letter to Apple, Jana Partners LLC, and the California State Teachers» Retirement System (also known as CalSTRS)-- they control about $ 2 billion of Apple shares — call youth phone addiction a growing public health crisis and urge Apple to make it easier for parents to control their children's screen time and to fund studies that would reveal the true consequences of smartphone use on mental health.

Opioid abuse is a growing public health crisis, affecting up to 36 million people worldwide.

The discovery might lead to better ways to fight a class of bacteria that have contributed to a growing public health crisis by becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotic treatments.

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All of the participants in this study were Southern California university students, indicating that they grew up in a time in which the public health crisis frame was dominant and were residing in a region where pressures to be thin are especially intense.

«Escalating antibiotic resistance limits our treatment options, worsens clinical results, and is a growing global public health crisis,» said Meropol.

As participation in sports continues to grow (1.5 million youngsters now play on football teams in the U.S.), more head injuries are inevitable, making pediatric concussions an emerging public health crisis.