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How 5 minutes of movement can change your life

5/31/202624 min

Scientists say that sitting is the new smoking. The average American adult now sits for 9-10 hours per day. What’s the least amount of movement someone can do to offset the harms of our modern sedentary lifestyle? Manoush Zomorodi, host of NPR’s TED Radio Hour podcast, has spent the last several years trying to answer that question. After collaborating with Columbia University Medical Center on a major study, she brings Ayesha the answer.

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  1. Ayesha Rascoe· Host0:02

    I'm Aisha Roscoe, and you're listening to the Sunday Story from Up First. [gentle music] Now, I'm guessing that a lot of you listening are like me. You spend a lot of time searching, scrolling, and tapping on your devices. And a lot of times you're sitting kinda like a little shrimp. You're hunched over, um, your screen with your shoulders all up around your ears. By the end of the day, you feel stiff, your neck hurts, your eyes burn, your mind is foggy. You feel like you need to touch grass. At least that's how I'm feeling, but maybe not after today, because today I'm talking with someone who's gonna pitch me on a challenge.

  2. Manoush Zomorodi· Guest0:46

    The point is to feel good in your body, Aisha, to reconnect your, uh, body to your brain, to feel like a human who is in the world, not just like a brain popped on top of a bag of flesh.

  3. Ayesha Rascoe· Host1:02

    [upbeat music] You might recognize that as the voice of Manoush Zomorodi. She hosts the TED Radio Hour, and we've had her on the Sunday Story before to talk about how technology has shaped us.

  4. Manoush Zomorodi· Guest1:15

    We all feel awful at the end of a long day sitting attached to our devices, but why? What exactly is happening to us physically when we use our technology, and what can we do about it?

  5. Ayesha Rascoe· Host1:27

    Since we last spoke, Manoush has

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