Overusing Screens is Ruining Our Health. Here’s a Fix

About this episode

Manoush Zomorodi discusses the health consequences of excessive screen time and offers solutions to incorporate movement into daily life.

Sitting in front of a screen all day has serious health consequences, but in corporate America, many of us have no choice. Journalist Manoush Zomorodi decided to find a solution. She shares her tips for bringing movement back into our daily lives. Manoush's new book is called Body Electric: The Hidden Health Costs of the Digital Age and New Science to Reclaim Your Well-Being. Terms of Service is a CNN Podcasts and Goat Rodeo production. This episode was produced by Hazel Hoffman. At Goat Rodeo, the lead producer is Rebecca Seidel, and the executive producers are Megan Nadolski and Ian Enright. At CNN, Dan Bloom is our Senior Producer and Dan Dzula is our Technical Director. Production support from Sofía Sanchez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Clare Duffy

Guest: Manoush Zomorodi

Topics covered

• health
• technology
• corporate wellness
• screen time
• movement
• digital age

Keywords

• screen time
• health consequences
• corporate America
• movement
• digital age
• well-being
• Body Electric

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Goat Rodeo

Books & works: Body Electric: The Hidden Health Costs of the Digital Age and New Science to Reclaim Your Well-Being

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