So much sitting, looking at screens. Can we combat our sedentary lives? | Body Electric
TED Tech
How to Use Technology Better
Meet Vibar Krigen Reed, a professor at the University of Kent and the author of 'Primate Change'. He discusses the issue of how technology is making us less active. Data shows that adults spend 11 hours a day using technology, mostly while sitting. Keith Diaz, an associate professor of behavioral medicine, highlights the problem of sedentary behavior and how we perceive movement as an inconvenience. Even if you exercise regularly, Keith argues that it is still a concern.
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