Are you one of the Dutchies that have 3.3 profiles on social media on average, or more? Are you constantly logging into Hyves, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. and reading your e-mail every time you have a free minute? Chances are you suffer from infobesity: an insatiable hunger for information and fear to miss out.
While this syndrome has nothing to do with being overweight, it can cause both mental and psysical complaints: overtiredness, lack of sleep and concentration problems. Smartphones that facilitate being online anytime and anywhere you want, are not helping either. What's this new phenomenon all about and what can we do to prevent it? Television show Netwerk broadcasted an item about infobesity and its symptoms.
Newspaper Trouw also published an article about infobesity and suggested the following precautions, specifically aimed at high school students, which can be found on their website. What are you doing to get an information break every once in a while?
Tuesday 1 June 2010
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