How Your Phone Affects Your Body

Which of the following tricks can make your phone screen seem boring and help you use your phone less?

• Turning off notifications
• Using screen time apps
• Changing your phone screen to greyscale
• Leaving it out of reach

Where should your phone be while you are sleeping?

• In the bed with you
• Somewhere out of reach
• On the bedside table
• On the floor

Holding your phone for too long can cause several painful issues such as carpal tunnel syndrome. What is carpal tunnel syndrome?

• When a nerve in the wrist gets compressed.
• Irritated tendons in your fingers and thumbs
• Pain in your neck and shoulders
• When you lose cell service because you are driving through a tunnel.

When using your phone, you should look away for _____ seconds every 15 minutes or so.

• 5
• 20
• 30
• 45

Which of the following health problems may result from a lack of physical activity, according to the article?

• Diabetes
• Cough or cold
• Lung disease
• Hearing loss

How does "blue light" emitted from your phone screen keep you awake at night, according to the article?

• Blue light makes your phone screen seem more interesting to look at.
• Blue light triggers the release of dopamine.
• Blue light causes migraine headaches.
• Blue light reduces the production of sleep hormones.

On average, people pick up their phones _____ times per day.

• 26
• 48
• 58
• 103