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Hey Shortwaavers Regina Barbara here.

If you work at home or in an office,

you might spend a lot of your day sitting down and staring at a computer screen.

That can have a lot of negative effects on your eyesight, your posture, even your mental health.

But it's hard to carve out a significant time in the day to counteract that.

So our friends at NPR's Ted Radio Hour podcast wanted to start a little smaller first

and consider a movement break. I'll let Manouche take it from here and explain more.

Hey there, it's Manouche Zamorodi, host of the Ted Radio Hour.

So a few months ago, NPR and I announced a special six-part podcast series called Body Electric and as part of our

investigation into how our bodies are adapting to our technology we ask

listeners to join a study with Columbia University Medical Center.

Over 20,000 people signed up to try integrating five minute gentle movement breaks into every half hour, every hour, or every two hours of sitting time.

And for the folks who managed to stick with it, the results were pretty astounding. As you are about to

hear in my conversation with head researcher Keith Diaz, I really think it's

going to motivate you to think about how you live with your screens. So if you

want to try it yourself, you're in luck because we just launched the body

electric challenge. We have taken these findings, added more reporting, and put together a quick startup guide.

So listen, and then go to nPR.org slash body Electric.

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