# Will excessive phone usage lead to a generation of hunchbacks?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 20, 2019, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-excessive-phone-usage-lead-to-a-generation-of-hunchbacks/832816 "2019-04-20T15:58:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-excessive-phone-usage-lead-to-a-generation-of-hunchbacks/832816/1 "2019-04-20T15:58:30Z")

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On my way home from work the other day, I was stopped behind a school bus. I watched the 2 girls get off at their stop, both bent over their phones. It occurred to me that it has to be affecting their posture.

A quick google search showed several articles addressing that very thing. There didn’t seem to be a consensus of the long-term effects. What do you think? Will there be a public service announcement blitz to get people to straighten up?? Maybe products to hold the phone in front of the face with some sort of remote to replace thumbs on screen? What does the future hold? Surely Dopers are clever enough to solve this impending catastrophe!!

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-excessive-phone-usage-lead-to-a-generation-of-hunchbacks/832816/2 "2019-04-20T16:25:15Z")

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Closed duplicate.