Around one in three children worldwide have short-sightedness, otherwise called myopia, a new study has found.
Eye tests and daylight are top of expert’s lists Around one in three children worldwide are short-sighted, a new study has found. People with short-sightedness, also called myopia or near-sightedness, can see close-up objects clearly, like the words you’re reading right now. Anything far away, though, and it’s a blurry mess. But researchers have found that children’s eyes have become so bad that myopia may soon become a ‘global health burden’ for young people.
‘Twenty-first-century urban lifestyles are making children and young people myopic because they spend most of their time indoors, glued to screens, missing out on the essential benefits of natural light,’ explains Bolger. A lack of outdoor spaces, ‘stranger danger’ worries and the allure of electronic devices are among the reasons why children spend more time indoors.
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