Body electric : the hidden health costs of the digital age and the new science to reclaim your well-being / Manoush Zomorodi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zomorodi, Manoush, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sedentary behavior--Health aspects--United States.

Sedentary behavior.

Sitting position--Health aspects--United States.

Sitting position.

Technology--Health aspects--United States.

Technology.

Human-computer interaction--United States.

Human-computer interaction.

Genre:

Informational works.

Instructional and educational works.

Physical Description:

xix, 284 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Flatiron Books, 2026.

Summary:

"From the award-winning journalist and TED Radio Hour host comes 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 normal day means sitting in front of a screen for eight to ten hours. Meeting after meeting. Email after email. We leave our desks drained, overstimulated and unfocused, only to go home, sit down again, and scroll some more. The result? Headaches, back pain, restless sleep, and rising rates of preventable disease. We know technology is breaking us down -- so why can't we break away? It's a question that Manoush Zomorodi has always wanted to answer. As the host of the TED Radio Hour, she has interviewed experts, conducted citizen experiments, and sought out research about how our digital lives are changing the way we think, learn, and feel. Now, in Body Electric, she presents an eye-opening investigation into the impact technology and sedentary living has had on our bodies and brains, from breath and eyesight to blood pressure, posture, and productivity, and shares what science (and tens of thousands of participants in a groundbreaking study with Columbia University Medical Center) have taught her -- it's the small shifts, not the digital detoxes, that will make us healthier. Filled with perspective-shifting data and real-life applications and tools, Body Electric is the next must-read for fans of Four Thousand Weeks and The Anxious Generation, and anyone feeling trapped by their technology"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: The mind-body-tech connection

Part I Confronting the personal tech overload. The human energy crisis

Science's shockingly simple daily solution

The body electric study

The protocol : making movement breaks work for you

Part II taking back what our bodies need. Sharpening our senses : eyes and ears

Unkinking our bodies : posture and breath

Hitting the refresh button : sleeping, resting, resetting

Part III Personalizing your approach. Learning to tune in : kids and young adults

The daily mindset : information workers

Consciously connecting : health for a lifetime

Conclusion : future you, future us : ending the "type, tap, collapse" cycle.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-273) and index.

ISBN:

9781250411204

1250411203

OCLC:

1565161276

Publisher Number:

90104714933