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MeSH Heading: Screen Time
Tree Number(s): I03.723
Unique ID: D000077705
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000077705
Scope Note: Period of activities done in front of an electronic screen, such as watching TV, working on a computer, or playing video games.
Entry Term(s): Recreational Screen Time; Screen Exposure; Screen Use; TV Viewing; Television Viewing; Television Viewing Time; Television Watching; Time Spent Watching Television; Watching Television
Public MeSH Note: 2019
History Note: 2019
Date Introduced: 2019/01/01
Last Updated: 2026/01/01

Concept UI: M000641320
Scope Note: Period of activities done in front of an electronic screen, such as watching TV, working on a computer, or playing video games.
Terms: Screen Time Preferred Term
Term UI T000940826
Date03/04/2018
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2019); Recreational Screen Time
Term UI T001147590
Date03/24/2025
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025); Screen Exposure
Term UI T001147591
Date03/24/2025
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025); Screen Use
Term UI T001147592
Date03/24/2025
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025)

Concept UI: M000769164
Terms: Television Watching Preferred Term
Term UI T001147595
Date03/24/2025
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025); Television Viewing Time
Term UI T001147594
Date03/24/2025
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025); Time Spent Watching Television
Term UI T001147596
Date03/24/2025
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025); TV Viewing
Term UI T001147597
Date03/24/2025
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025); Watching Television
Term UI T001147598
Date03/24/2025
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025); Television Viewing
Term UI T001149004
Date06/12/2025
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2026)

Screen Time MeSH Descriptor Data 2026