mandhane said more screen time equals less sleep time he said a bedtime that is structured will go a long way encourage organized physical activity enrolling children in a baseball soccer or hockey league or even gymnastics provides a structured form of physical activity outside of school that helps promote an active lifestyle mandhane said adding that it might also improve their focus and allow them to get better longer sleep joshua rosenblatt is an internal medicine resident at thomas jefferson university hospital in philadelphia and a contributor to the abc news medical unit to violence and less access to social services almost three years on from the onset of covid19 the pandemics longterm impact on the health and wellbeing of women children and adolescents is becoming evident their chances for healthy and productive lives have declined sharply dr tedros adhanom ghebreyesus directorgeneral for the world health organization said in a statement the statement added as the world emerges from the pandemic protecting and promoting the health of women children and young people is essential for supporting and sustaining the global recovery