We're in the middle of a series about Screentime and Your Health. And by the way, you can access the entire series on a YouTube playlist called Screentime and Health. You can find it on my channel at YouTube.com/@runningafever. We've already enlightened ourselves on two aspects of this topic: sedentary life and sleep effects. Today, we're moving on to how screen time affects our brains.

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This series, "Screentime and Your Health," highlights the health risks of overusing electronic devices. I think I was previously unaware of the dangers involved. But I'm starting to get the picture. In the last episode, we discussed how excessive screen time can hinder our ability to lead an active life by making us more sedentary and decreasing our motivation to be physically active.

This is part two of the series, focusing on the topic of "Screens vs. Sleep."

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As usual, when I'm finding topics for the show, I started hearing about how screen time should be limited and maybe we should all be wearing glasses that block out "blue light." Why? There are screens everywhere now. At work, you have at least one, maybe more, computer screens; I have three. Plus the smartphone, which goes everywhere with you. How about the TV you turn on when you get home from work? Even when working out, we have screens on our exercise bikes or treadmills that show us stats or video that lets us imagine we're outside somewhere, or let us watch the news while we sweat. Maybe your kids play video games for hours on end. Screens are everywhere, and we use them because we think they are helpful or entertaining. So they have just become a part of life. They are ubiquitous. However, if there is something unhealthy about them, it could impact our whole lives, and the impact could be significant. So I set about digging into this concept and trying to find out the real deal.

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