{"id":36921,"date":"2017-03-27T17:02:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T09:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/?post_type=health-article&#038;p=36921"},"modified":"2024-06-19T17:13:22","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T09:13:22","slug":"are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick","status":"publish","type":"health-article","link":"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/health-articles\/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Your Gadgets Making You Sick?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"36921\" class=\"elementor elementor-36921\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd58bd8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bd58bd8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60101b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60101b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 15-07-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Ever wondered how gadgets affect our health? Do you own a smartphone, TV, laptop, or tablet? Chances are, you spend more time on your gadgets than you do on sleep. According to an Ofcom study, in a day, the average adult spends 8 hours and 41 minutes on their gadgets, compared to 8 hours and 21 minutes on sleep. This proves that most of us spend half of our waking hours staring at a screen, rather than engaging in healthy activities that benefit our bodies. While personal devices have undoubtedly improved our lives, over reliance and addiction comes with negative health consequences.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfdd94c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"bfdd94c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 15-07-2024 *\/\n.elementor-column .elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--spacer-size)}.e-con{--container-widget-width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer{width:var(--container-widget-width,var(--spacer-size));--align-self:var(--container-widget-align-self,initial);--flex-shrink:0}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container{height:100%;width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer{height:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--container-widget-height,var(--spacer-size))}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty{position:relative;min-height:22px;min-width:22px}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty .elementor-widget-empty-icon,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty .elementor-widget-empty-icon{position:absolute;top:0;bottom:0;left:0;right:0;margin:auto;padding:0;width:22px;height:22px}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f0247a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f0247a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Are Your Gadgets Making You Sick? \u2013<\/span> <a class=\"GAEventTrack\" href=\"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/health-articles-are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Her World, Issue March 2017<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever wondered how gadgets affect our health? Do you own a smartphone, TV, laptop, or tablet? Chances are, you spend more time on your gadgets than you do on sleep. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36958,"template":"","topic":[98,162],"language":[137],"class_list":["post-36921","health-article","type-health-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","topic-children","topic-ophthalmology","language-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Are Your Gadgets Making You Sick? - Columbia Asia Hospital I Private Hospital in Malaysia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/health-articles\/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Are Your Gadgets Making You Sick? - Columbia Asia Hospital I Private Hospital in Malaysia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ever wondered how gadgets affect our health? Do you own a smartphone, TV, laptop, or tablet? Chances are, you spend more time on your gadgets than you do on sleep.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/health-articles\/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Columbia Asia Hospital I Private Hospital in Malaysia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-06-19T09:13:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/health-articles-are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-banners.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1100\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/health-articles\/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/health-articles\/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick\/\",\"name\":\"Are Your Gadgets Making You Sick? - Columbia Asia Hospital I Private Hospital in Malaysia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/health-articles\/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/health-articles\/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/health-articles-are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-banners.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-03-27T09:02:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-19T09:13:22+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/health-articles\/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/health-articles\/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/health-articles\/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/health-articles-are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-banners.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/health-articles-are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-banners.jpg\",\"width\":1100,\"height\":300},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/health-articles\/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Health Articles\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/health-articles\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Are Your Gadgets Making You Sick?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/\",\"name\":\"Columbia Asia Hospital I Private Hospital in Malaysia\",\"description\":\"Surpassing two decades of providing private healthcare in Malaysia, we continue to bring reliable &amp; affordable medical services through our 13 hospitals.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Are Your Gadgets Making You Sick? - Columbia Asia Hospital I Private Hospital in Malaysia","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/health-articles\/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Are Your Gadgets Making You Sick? - Columbia Asia Hospital I Private Hospital in Malaysia","og_description":"Ever wondered how gadgets affect our health? Do you own a smartphone, TV, laptop, or tablet? Chances are, you spend more time on your gadgets than you do on sleep.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/health-articles\/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick\/","og_site_name":"Columbia Asia Hospital I Private Hospital in Malaysia","article_modified_time":"2024-06-19T09:13:22+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1100,"height":300,"url":"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/health-articles-are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-banners.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/health-articles\/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick\/","url":"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/health-articles\/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick\/","name":"Are Your Gadgets Making You Sick? - Columbia Asia Hospital I Private Hospital in Malaysia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/health-articles\/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/health-articles\/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/health-articles-are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-banners.jpg","datePublished":"2017-03-27T09:02:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-06-19T09:13:22+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/health-articles\/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/health-articles\/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/health-articles\/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/health-articles-are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-banners.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/health-articles-are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-banners.jpg","width":1100,"height":300},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/health-articles\/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Health Articles","item":"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/health-articles\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Are Your Gadgets Making You Sick?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/","name":"Columbia Asia Hospital I Private Hospital in Malaysia","description":"Surpassing two decades of providing private healthcare in Malaysia, we continue to bring reliable &amp; affordable medical services through our 13 hospitals.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/health-article\/36921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/health-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/health-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/health-article\/36921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36976,"href":"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/health-article\/36921\/revisions\/36976"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=36921"},{"taxonomy":"language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/language?post=36921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}