Person on phone
In this Sept. 25, 2015, file photo, a person tries out the new Apple iPhone 6S at an Apple store on Chicago's Magnificent Mile in Chicago. Courtesy of Kiichiro Sato / Associated Press
Person on phone
In this Sept. 25, 2015, file photo, a person tries out the new Apple iPhone 6S at an Apple store on Chicago's Magnificent Mile in Chicago. Courtesy of Kiichiro Sato / Associated Press

Research shows too much time on our devices can lead to increases in anxiety, depression, and a sedentary lifestyle. And we’re often not good predictors of how much time we spend doom scrolling. But that doesn’t mean screens are all bad.

Reset learns more about how too much screen time can hurt our health and how we can change that.

GUESTS: Marshini Chetty, associate professor, Department of Computer Science at the University of Chicago

Dr. Josephine Dlugopolski-Gach, Regional Medical Director of Primary Care  at Loyola Medicine

Person on phone
In this Sept. 25, 2015, file photo, a person tries out the new Apple iPhone 6S at an Apple store on Chicago's Magnificent Mile in Chicago. Courtesy of Kiichiro Sato / Associated Press
Person on phone
In this Sept. 25, 2015, file photo, a person tries out the new Apple iPhone 6S at an Apple store on Chicago's Magnificent Mile in Chicago. Courtesy of Kiichiro Sato / Associated Press

Research shows too much time on our devices can lead to increases in anxiety, depression, and a sedentary lifestyle. And we’re often not good predictors of how much time we spend doom scrolling. But that doesn’t mean screens are all bad.

Reset learns more about how too much screen time can hurt our health and how we can change that.

GUESTS: Marshini Chetty, associate professor, Department of Computer Science at the University of Chicago

Dr. Josephine Dlugopolski-Gach, Regional Medical Director of Primary Care  at Loyola Medicine