Vol. 11, Special Issue 9 (2022)

Author(s):
Gurhiya, Dr. Vinita Singh and Rukhsar Begum

Abstract:
The dependence of smartphone is increasing day by day and creating alarming situation especially for the young adults. Nowadays, it is a kind of device which has almost every advanced feature as it can be used for education, gaming, music, photos and chatting etc. The sample consisted 100 smartphone users between age group of 18 to 45 years. The study was conducted in different areas of Kanpur city. By using Self-structured questionnaire data was collected by purposive random sampling from Kanpur city. Results of the study reveals that majority of respondents had normal weight, height, and BMI. 69.0% respondents were using smartphone before sleep. Significant changes were noticed in the life style of smartphone users such as 40.0% users were having sleep disturbance while using smartphone, 65% of users were having hearing problem, 77% of users were having eyesight problem, 22.7% of users were having alarming situation.