Body Electric: The Hidden Health Costs of the Digital Age and New Science to Reclaim Your Well-Being
Biographical Note: Manoush Zomorodi is an award-winning journalist and host of NPR's TED Radio Hour. Her "Body Electric" project was one of the largest public health studies of its kind. She has received two Gracie...
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Biographical Note: "A wonderfully inspiring and intensely practical exploration of how technology took us out of our bodies, and how we can learn to inhabit them again -- thereby transforming not only our physical health, but our creativity, productivity, relationships, and the state of our souls." --Dan Harris, New York Times bestselling author and host of the 10% Happier podcast " Body Electric is a hard book to put down. (But you'll learn soon you must, even for a few minutes.) Packed with eye-opening research on the life-changing benefits of moving our bodies, and a raft of practical tactics to get us going, it's a compelling, necessary and hopeful read for our busy, burned out, overwhelming and tech-addicted times. This book will make you want to move!" -- Brigid Schulte, New York Times bestselling author of Over Work and director of The Better Life Lab at New America " Body Electric not only brilliantly unpacks the silent toll our screens are taking on our minds and bodies but also offers a science-backed path toward reclaiming our well-being. This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to build a healthier, more intentional relationship with technology." --Laurie Santos, Professor of Psychology at Yale University and host of The Happiness Lab podcast "We don't have to sacrifice our health to live as digital citizens. Body Electric encourages us to use bodily health as a first step to demanding a digital life that respects our psychological, relational, and personal health. It's a call to reclaim more than our health--it's a call to reclaim our agency." --Shelly Turkle, New York Times bestselling author of Reclaiming Conversation and founding director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self "With warmth, humor, and scads of footnotes, Zomorodi deftly lays out practical ways for people of all ages and abilities to retool their routines to increase movement and break time. Each chapter includes summaries of its major points and to-do lists for maximum accessibility. . . . Anyone looking to (literally and figuratively) unseat tech's detrimental effects on their health will appreciate this well-researched, pragmatic title." --Library Journal (starred review) "[A] reminder that sustainable change need not be grand to be transformative. . . . This upbeat, lively volume heartily encourages all ages to take a stand." --Kirkus Reviews Publisher Marketing: "A compelling, necessary and hopeful read for our busy, burned out, overwhelming and tech-addicted times. This book will make you want to move!" ―Brigid Schulte, New York Times bestselling author of Over Work From award-winning journalist and host of NPR's TED Radio Hour Manoush Zomorodi, a timely investigation into how screens and sitting are reshaping our bodies―and how a simple shift can change everything. In today's world, a perfectly normal day means sitting in front of a screen for eight to ten hours. Meeting after meeting. Task after task. Email after email. If we're not chained to our chairs, we're attached to our devices, looking down at our phones and plugging in headphones. And then we go home, sit down on the couch, and scroll some more before going to bed and doing it all over again. Even children are not exempt: Many hours of their social and academic lives are spent on a screen. We all know there has to be a better way--but what is it? In Body Electric, Manoush Zomorodi, host of NPR's TED Radio Hour and the Body Electric podcast, draws on expert interviews, cutting-edge research, and real experiences from tens of thousands of everyday participants in her own citizen experiment to reveal the surprising physiological costs of our digital existences, from posture problems and dwindling eyesight to disrupted breathing and weight gain, and shares scientifically-backed, easy-to-manage tactics and solutions for better health and well-being. Along the way, she also debunks myths and misconceptions about what helps and hurts us, offers useful insights into the labs, offices, schools, and homes where small shifts are making big difference, culminating in an easy-to-apply protocol that will get us all moving.Review Citations:
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