Social Media and Your Kids & Can AI Be Your Next Fitness Trainer?
Episode Segments:
Social Media and Your Kids An entire generation of American youth has now grown up with social media. How has it impacted young peoples mental and physical health? And how can social medias influence be made more positive in the years ahead? Sandro Galea, MD, physician, epidemiologist, Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor at the Boston University School of Public Health, outlines a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, and its nearly a dozen recommendations for improving the situation.
Can AI Be Your Next Fitness Trainer? Artificial intelligence can deliver fast results in many ways, but how does it do in creating exercise plans on an individual basis? Linda S. Pescatello, PhD, FACSM, FAHA, exercise science researcher, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Kinesiology at the University of Connecticut's College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources, says AI may eventually be valuable as an added tool for human personal trainers, but she doubts it will ever replace the human touch.
Current Obstacles for Women at Work What are the top career challenges faced by today's women? How important is the use of nonverbal communication? And how can doubt be replaced by true confidence on the job? Meg Bucaro, author of "Put Your Big Girl Pants On...and Other Power Moves to Increase Influence," offers smart advice!