Excessive use of electronic gadgets has led to a rise in cases of hunched backs among youngsters health experts have said. They said the problem initially begins as a mild case of bad posture when the children are comparatively young but slowly begins to develop into hunched back and shoulders. It all starts with a bad posture due to spending more time on small digital screens. The more they get addicted to the gadgets the more the children are comfortable in the bad position said Dr Arvind G. Kulkarni head of Spine Scoliosis and Disc Replacement Centre at the Bombay