Essay on Modern Technology's Detrimental Effects on Human Health

This essay examines the negative impacts of modern technology on both physical and mental health. It highlights how excessive internet use and engagement with electronic devices affect university students, leading to cyber aggression and impacting their studies. The essay also discusses the physical health consequences, such as vision problems and hearing loss, alongside psychological disorders stemming from technology addiction and sleep disturbances. Furthermore, it explores the effects of mobile phone use on children and adolescents, including increased risk of certain diseases and mental health issues related to cyberbullying and social media pressure. The essay concludes by emphasizing the need to recognize and mitigate the negative health effects of modern technology, including its contribution to physical inactivity and obesity, and its overall impact on mental wellbeing.

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Modern Technology and health
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JANUARY 15, 2020

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Negative Impact of Modern Technology on Health
Modern technology brings enormous ways for the people to accelerate the new ways of doing
things and also plays a vital role in the society. It is simply regarded as the advancement in
the old technology that is needed to be implemented coherently in the way it avails the
maximum benefit to the society (Hardell, 2017, pp. 137-140). Subsequently, it has affected
the physical and mental health of the person due to the overuse and wrong use of the
technology. Here, the essay is based on the two specific reasons that are elaborated to
determine the negative impact of modern technology on the health.
Technology has made various activities and things easier for the people but has subsequently
affected the health of physical and mental wellbeing of the individual. The specific reason
can be elaborated from the perspective of Mishna, Regehr, Lacombe-Duncan, Daciuk,
Fearing and Van Wert that have stated that modern technology has enabled the students to
make the engagements and the connections. But as the university students spend a significant
amount of time on the internet and to be indulged which has not only hampered the studies of
the students but also impacted the physical and mental health of the students (Mishna, et al.,
2018, pp. 222-229). University students are engaged into the technology in an excessive way
that has affected their health. Specifically, it has caused the cyber aggression that has highly
brought a negative impact on the health of the students. Moreover, cyber aggression is
concerned with the intentional harm that cause the negative effects through the electronic
means and leads to the wrong and hostile behaviours of the individuals that often regarded as
the cyber bullying. Cyber aggression has caused negative effect on the psychological
situation of the person that affects the mental wellbeing of the students.
Further, modern technology has affected the physical health of the people as they spend a
significant amount of time on the internet and in contact with the electronic devices. It has a
negative impact on the health of the individual causing the tendency of the diseases called
vision problems, hearing loss and can alleviate the health issues (Mishna, et al., 2018, pp.
222-229). Due to spending a lot of time on the technology, people suffer from the various
psychological disorders and also the physical disorders. Specifically, technology overuse has
caused the negative effects on the health such as it can cause the technology addiction and
causes digital eye strain and also the sleep disorders that can cause the psychological
imbalance within the individual. As people are highly relying on the physical inactivity that

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leads to the various kinds of diseases due to lack of exercise as people are dependent on the
digital devices. Apart from this, due to the excessive use of the social media, people
especially young children are affected by the inappropriate mental condition. This is because
of the fact that due to the exchange of the irrelevant information and the teenagers are
observed to be indulged into the social pressure and thereby affects their mental condition
(Mishna, et al., 2018).
Use of technology is drastically being increased which has led to the use of the mobile
phones that has led to the negative effect on the physical mental health of the children and
adolescents. From the perspective of Hardell, it can be observed that modern technology has
enabled the utilization of mobile phones that in turn affects their wellbeing (Hardell, 2017,
pp. 137-140). Particularly, mobile phone addiction and dependency on the technology that
increased the negative behaviours that has led to the emergence of the texting behaviours,
distraction and various kinds of sleep disorders that has affected their mental condition. As
mobile phones allow the children to use phones for meeting the ease in the information
sharing and connecting with the other individuals, it has created the tendency of over use of
mobile phones which has increased the risk of certain diseases (Hardell, 2017, pp. 137-140).
Long term use of mobile phones has led to the impact on the eyes causing the serious eye
infection and due to the emergence of cyber bullying, children’s mental health is hampered
due to the spread of wrong information and harassment made over the internet.
Further, utilization of the modern technology has led to the laziness in the individuals causing
negative effect on the people. Due to high technology addition, people have been relying on
the technology and are avoiding the physical activities that has gave birth to various disease
affecting the health of the people. One of the common issues that has evolved with the use of
technology causing impact on the eyesight of the individual that causes the effect on the
people (Hardell, 2017, pp. 137-140). Modern technology gas placed a drastic impact on the
mental health due to the lack of sleep of the individuals and the people are affected by the use
of technology due to addiction that causes the stress into the individuals. This overuse of the
technology has led to the provoking behaviours of the people leading to the depression. Due
to high physical inactivity, it leads to the obesity in the people who spend most of their time
sitting at one place. It causes the increase in the weight in adults and use of smart devices that
can cause the diseases associated with obesity.

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To conclude, it can be said that modern technology has made a future as it has automated the
various that saves the time of people. At the same time, technology has negative effects on
the health which has drastically affected the mental health due to the excessive use of mobile
phones and social media. Here, the essay has discussed the negative effects on the modern
technology on the physical and mental health of the individual that leads to the spread of the
dangerous diseases.

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References
Hardell, L., 2017. Effects of Mobile Phones on Children’s and Adolescents’ Health: A
Commentary.. Child Development, 89(1), pp. 137-140.
Mishna, F. et al., 2018. Mishna, F., Regehr, C., Lacombe-Duncan, A., Daciuk, J., Fearing, G.,
& Van Social media, cyber-aggression and student mental health on a university campus.
Journal of Mental Health, 27(3), pp. 222-229.