How This Report Was Built
The 2026 North Atlanta Children's Screen Time Report was compiled by One Family Pediatrics using seven primary national and state-level data sources, cross-referenced against local enrollment and demographic data specific to Gwinnett, Fulton, Forsyth, Cherokee, Hall, and Dawson counties.
Primary Data Sources
National Center for Health Statistics
Core mental health and screen time associations from NCHS Data Brief No. 513 and a companion NCHS QuickStats item published in MMWR, including the 2.2x anxiety, 2.7x depression, and 29% reduced physical activity findings.
Common Sense Media 2025 Census
Daily entertainment screen use averages for ages 5-8, tweens, and teens, including the 8 hours and 39 minutes daily teen average.
Pew Research Center
Parent and teen attitudinal data from nationally representative 2024 and 2025 surveys, including parent concern and teen social media self-assessment findings.
CDC 2023 Youth Risk Behavior Survey
Mental health prevalence figures for U.S. high school students, including persistent sadness or hopelessness and suicide-risk indicators.
National Survey of Children's Health
Screen time distribution data and child overweight and obesity figures, including Georgia's 37.3% child overweight and obesity rate.
Georgia Legislative Record
Policy context for Georgia HB 340 and Georgia HB 1009, including statewide bell-to-bell phone restriction implementation.
North Atlanta District Enrollment Data
Publicly reported enrollment data from Gwinnett, Fulton, Forsyth, Cherokee, Hall, and Dawson county school systems, yielding approximately 394,406 enrolled K-12 students.
Analysis Approach
Data were synthesized thematically across health domains, including mental health, physical activity, sleep, and family dynamics. National findings were applied to the North Atlanta geographic context using county-level demographic data from the U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census data, and QuickFacts 2025.
Limitations
- This report is observational and correlational. Screen time associations with anxiety, depression, and physical inactivity do not establish causation.
- Local child health outcomes specific to the six-county North Atlanta area were not independently measured.
- National figures are applied to the regional population for contextual illustration only.
- The report is educational and should not be treated as individualized medical or mental health advice.
Research Contact
One Family Pediatrics, 678-962-7337, onefamilypediatrics.com.