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> There is a big correlation of social media/cell phone access and issues.

Social media is a convenient scapegoat. The media hates it with a passion since it completely disrupted their business model. And it allows people to completely ignore the fact that teenagers are increasingly under more and more stress with high stake testing, an increasingly competitive college admission process and increasingly grim prospects for economic mobility and long term environmental sustainability. But let's ignore all that and blame the "evil screens" and social media.

> comparing yourself to others, drama, all have one consistent source, social media and cell phone apps.

In 2018 "obesity prevalence was [...] 21.2% among 12- to 19-year-olds." [0] according to the CDC. That's one out of 5 being obese, not just overweight. And it has more than tripled since the 70's [1]. I have to wonder if it's related. A lot of teenagers are bombarded with images of perfectly healthy bodies that, quite simply, won't match what they see in the mirror.

[0] https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/childhood.html

[1] https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/obesity_child_15_16/obe...