Obsession with gadgets could be causing long-term health problems

Claire Bates
Daily Mail

October 17, 2011

The smartphone, laptop, and eReader may all be ‘essential’ additions to modern life but they are wreaking havoc on our bodies, experts say.

A survey by the British Chiropractic Association found that one in four of us complain of a sore neck, back or shoulder due to using or carrying gadgets.

It’s not surprising when you consider that two-thirds carry at least two items of technology around with them. A typical notebook, smartphone and eReader have a combined weight of 2kg or 4.4lbs. 

Laptops appear to be the major culprit with 27 per cent of those suffering back or neck pain admitting to using a laptop for between two to four hours a day.

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  1. The biggest physical health issue would probably be obesity, since most gamers and gadget-ers are sedentary, lazy and fat. I use my laptop to listen to Jones while working out but then I spend just enought time to rea/answer email and follow some news but then it is shut off. As for Android/IPhones and other gadgets–dont want them. They serve a purpose to communictae but to many people are glued to them.

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