2 New Fitness Tools to Rehabilitate Social Media Junkies
Spending long hours on social media sites is a bad habit that might also be bad for your heart, according to a recent study. Fortunately, the same technology that got us into this mess is trying to help get us out of it. Among the gadgets on display at the BlogWorld and New Media Expo in New York this week are an armband that checks your vital signs and a desk with a built-in treadmill that lets you take a walk while you type.
Spending long hours on social media sites is a bad habit that might also be bad for your heart. In a recent study, Australian researchers found that regular exercise wasn’t enough to stop the harmful effects of too much time spent in front of the computer. Subjects who sat for just four hours a day were 80 percent more likely to develop cardiovascular disease.
Fortunately, the same technology that got us into this mess is trying to help get us out of it.
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