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. 2024 Feb 29;12:1390519. doi: 10.3389/fped.2024.1390519

Retraction: Screen time and body mass index among children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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PMCID: PMC10939040  PMID: 38487469

A Retraction of the Systematic Review article Screen time and body mass index among children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis By Wu Y, Amirfakhraei A, Ebrahimzadeh F, Jahangiry L and Abbasalizad-Farhangi M (2022). Front. Pediatr. 10:822108. doi: 10.3389/fped.2022.822108

The Journal retracts the 2022 article cited above.

Following publication, concerns were raised regarding the contributions of the authors of the article. Our investigation, conducted in accordance with Frontiers policies, confirmed a serious breach of our authorship policies and of publication ethics; the article is therefore retracted.

This retraction was approved by the Chief Executive Editor of Frontiers. The authors received a communication regarding the retraction and had a chance to respond. This communication is recorded by the publisher.

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