What are the health risks associated with excessive screen time for children?

A French association on Tuesday launched a "10 days without screens" challenge. From May 14th until May 23rd, hundreds of cities, day care centres, preschools and high schools across France will offer screen-free activities to children with the help of families, associations, and local authorities. As children set aside TVs, video games, consoles, tablets, and smartphones to work on arts and crafts, play sports and engage in other screen-less activities, FRANCE 24’s Julia Sieger takes a look at the health risks associated with excessive screen time.