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«But researchers from Florence University have come up with an alternative explanation: watching screens, regardless of the subject matter, helps to advance adolescence.A study carried out last month in the Tuscan town of Cavriglia detected a huge increase in production of the hormone melatonin in children deprived of TV, computers and video.
Among the functions ascribed to melatonin is that of slowing down the progress of children to sexual maturity.
Roberto Salti said: "We may thus be able to explain a phenomenon of recent years, which is the bringing forward of puberty in young children."»
--"Scientists say watching TV hastens puberty: Study finds it is a matter of light and radiation"
