Online fasting Smartphone waiver is worse than alcohol stop

LAST survey: Germans prefer to abstain from alcohol rather than the Internet
The renunciation of alcohol and sweets belongs to many Germans during Lent. That they restrict surfing the internet a few weeks, but not. According to a recent survey, few Germans show willingness to "fast online".
Germans refrain from alcohol and sweets
According to a recent survey, Germans prefer to forego alcohol rather than the Internet. The representative Forsa study for the health insurance company DAK-Gesundheit showed that every second German considers it sensible to forego a certain stimulant or consumer good for several weeks during Lent. Most people think they can do without beer, wine or chocolate. The so-called online fasting, so the shutdown of smartphone and computer in their free time, but finds only about every fifth appeal.

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More and more people in Germany are online addicted
Particularly surprising, the result is not really. More and more people are affected by online addiction and spend an enormous amount of time with smartphones, laptops, tablets and more. Around a million people in Germany are now considered media-dependent. They are addicted to online games, cybersex portals or social networks. According to experts, especially young men are at risk.

A researcher from the University of Bonn caused a stir last year when he called for a digital diet for cell phone users to address the issue. According to the DAK survey, many people would find this difficult.

Every second person likes fasting
More than half of the interviewees (53 percent) said they had already resigned for health reasons at least once for a longer period of time, according to a press release from DAK-Gesundheit. According to the data, 67 percent of those people who are basically prepared for fasting are likely to get along without alcohol and 66 percent without any sweets. More than one in three respondents would like to abstain from meat (38 percent). The waiver of the television is eligible for 33 percent and stop smoking for 32 percent. But to keep your fingers off the phone and computer is only 21 percent imaginable.

Younger people are more reluctant to use their mobile phones and computers
The result shows that more and more people seem to have a hard time breaking away from online networking. Since 2014, the DAK has asked in their annual survey. In the first survey year, 31 percent stated that they were best able to do without private computer and Internet usage. Last year, 27 percent said they were ready. Age also plays a role in this question. According to the information, only twelve percent of under 30-year-old fasting would be willing to offline cell phone, computer, game console and Co for several weeks. For people between 45 and 59, this percentage rises to 25 percent.

Less stress due to Internet renouncement
As the DAK reports, the respondents indicated as a motive for the willingness to computer and Internet renouncement above all, they wanted less stress and to meet more with friends or relatives. "We are observing a true generation gap here," explained DAK search expert Ralf Kremer. "The Generation 45 plus apparently has a strong need to switch off sometimes." Fasting stronghold in Germany, by the way, according to the survey North Rhine-Westphalia. There, 64 percent of respondents said that they have at least once waived for several weeks on certain luxury foods or consumer goods. Taillight is in the national comparison of the East with 46 percent. (Ad)