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What is Digital Obesity?
The increasing intensity of digital content we are exposed to and the loss of control in our relationship with technology poses the risk of a new epidemic called “digital obesity”. According to experts, such as excessive and unhealthy diet causing excess weight; The digital data density we are exposed to and the excessive consumption of digital content are also driving us to become digitally obese. If we cannot consciously control our relationship with the digital world, serious mental problems are waiting for us that can negatively affect our health, psychological well-being, happiness and daily life.
Biggest Risk Group: Digital Natives
The risk is especially greater for our children, who were born into the digital world and are therefore called “digital natives”. While benefiting from all the opportunities of the digital world, the biggest task falls to parents and educators so that our children do not become digitally obese and have a level of awareness that they can establish their relations with the digital world in a balanced way.