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Author_Manoush Zomorodi
Body Electric
Body Electric Challenge
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five minute tips
forthcoming
health
healthy digital habits
healthy tech habits
kids and technology
less screen time
less screens
less sitting
lifestyle changes
mental health
movement
movement at work
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office life
physical health
science backed tips
screen time
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TED talk
weight loss
workplace health
Product details
- ISBN 9781250411204
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 154 x 233mm
- Publication Date: 22 Jun 2026
- Publisher: Flatiron Books
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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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 NPR's TED Radio Hour and Body Electric podcast, 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. And all we need is five minutes.
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 else feeling trapped by their technology.
Manoush Zomorodi is an award-winning journalist and host of NPR's TED Radio Hour. Her "Body Electric" project was one of the largest public health studies of its kind. She has received two Gracie Awards for Best Radio Host and a Webby Award for Best Podcast Host. Her first book, Bored and Brilliant was published in 2017. Manoush lives in Brooklyn with her family, is half Swiss and half Persian, and loves walking her Havanese dog.
