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Every item verified at its source. en Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT https://lookupthebook.com/look/i/sci-hansraj-2014-text-neck-loads.html https://lookupthebook.com/look/i/sci-hansraj-2014-text-neck-loads.html Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT Head tilt multiplies neck load — in the study’s static model, 10–12 lbs at neutral climbs to 60 lbs at 60°. https://lookupthebook.com/look/i/sci-lin-2006-slumped-sitting-breathing.html https://lookupthebook.com/look/i/sci-lin-2006-slumped-sitting-breathing.html Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT Slumped sitting measurably shrank lung capacity and breath flow — in the same people, minutes apart. https://lookupthebook.com/look/i/sci-nair-2015-upright-posture-stress.html https://lookupthebook.com/look/i/sci-nair-2015-upright-posture-stress.html Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT In a randomized trial, upright posture under stress meant higher self-esteem, better mood, and less fear. https://lookupthebook.com/look/i/sci-holden-2016-myopia-2050.html https://lookupthebook.com/look/i/sci-holden-2016-myopia-2050.html Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT Nearsightedness could reach nearly half the world’s people by 2050 if today’s trends continue. https://lookupthebook.com/look/i/sci-balban-2023-cyclic-sighing.html https://lookupthebook.com/look/i/sci-balban-2023-cyclic-sighing.html Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT Five minutes of exhale-first breathing improved mood more than mindfulness meditation. https://lookupthebook.com/look/i/media-wapo-2014-text-neck-epidemic.html https://lookupthebook.com/look/i/media-wapo-2014-text-neck-epidemic.html Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT The 2014 headline that taught the world ‘text neck’ — a term coined by a chiropractor. https://lookupthebook.com/look/i/media-npr-2014-keep-your-head-up.html https://lookupthebook.com/look/i/media-npr-2014-keep-your-head-up.html Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT Public radio carried the same text-neck warning nationwide: keep your head up. https://lookupthebook.com/look/i/views-cuddy-2015-iphone-posture-mood.html https://lookupthebook.com/look/i/views-cuddy-2015-iphone-posture-mood.html Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT A psychologist told Times readers in 2015: the phone slump is linked to dragged-down mood and confidence. https://lookupthebook.com/look/i/media-nestor-2020-breath-book.html https://lookupthebook.com/look/i/media-nestor-2020-breath-book.html Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT One journalist’s book made breathing a mainstream health obsession — two million copies and counting. https://lookupthebook.com/look/i/media-stanford-2023-cyclic-sighing.html https://lookupthebook.com/look/i/media-stanford-2023-cyclic-sighing.html Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT Stanford’s own write-up: five minutes of exhale-heavy sighing beat mindfulness for next-day mood. https://lookupthebook.com/look/i/media-huberman-2021-vision-episode.html https://lookupthebook.com/look/i/media-huberman-2021-vision-episode.html Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT Daylight, distance, and the wide view: how you use your eyes is a trainable input for eye health and brain state. https://lookupthebook.com/look/i/media-npr-2024-myopia-outside.html https://lookupthebook.com/look/i/media-npr-2024-myopia-outside.html Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT Eye doctors’ advice for kids’ myopia isn’t a product — it’s a place: outside, looking far. https://lookupthebook.com/look/i/views-twenge-2017-smartphones-generation.html https://lookupthebook.com/look/i/views-twenge-2017-smartphones-generation.html Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT The 2017 essay that started the modern kids-and-phones debate — built on patterns across very large datasets. https://lookupthebook.com/look/i/views-haidt-2024-end-phone-based-childhood.html https://lookupthebook.com/look/i/views-haidt-2024-end-phone-based-childhood.html Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT Replace the phone-based childhood with a play-based one — norms travel further than warnings. https://lookupthebook.com/look/i/media-haidt-2024-anxious-generation-book.html https://lookupthebook.com/look/i/media-haidt-2024-anxious-generation-book.html Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT The defining book of the kids-and-screens era tells the mind’s half of the story — the body’s half is ours to tell. https://lookupthebook.com/look/i/policy-sg-2023-social-media-youth-advisory.html https://lookupthebook.com/look/i/policy-sg-2023-social-media-youth-advisory.html Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT The Surgeon General’s official advisory: social media can carry a “profound risk of harm” to kids. https://lookupthebook.com/look/i/policy-apa-2023-social-media-advisory.html https://lookupthebook.com/look/i/policy-apa-2023-social-media-advisory.html Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT The APA’s first advisory on teen social media: training first, keys later — and never at the cost of sleep. https://lookupthebook.com/look/i/policy-edweek-state-phone-restrictions-tracker.html https://lookupthebook.com/look/i/policy-edweek-state-phone-restrictions-tracker.html Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT At least 39 states plus DC now require schools to restrict student cellphone use. https://lookupthebook.com/look/i/policy-australia-2024-under16-ban.html https://lookupthebook.com/look/i/policy-australia-2024-under16-ban.html Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT The world’s first national law setting 16 as the floor for social media. https://lookupthebook.com/look/i/media-social-dilemma-2020-netflix.html https://lookupthebook.com/look/i/media-social-dilemma-2020-netflix.html Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT The engineers who built the attention economy, on camera: the pull downward is engineered, not accidental.