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Myopia boom worldwide
Those of us in the optical world have been witness to an increasing trend in our children: more nearsightedness, and often in high amounts, that can progress from year-to-year. For many years, vision scientists thought it was because children were being required to do increasing amounts of reading and computer work. But a study a few years ago stumbled on a detail that seemed to separate those children who progressed in nearsightedness from those that didn’t: spending time outdoors. Children who spend time reading outside didn’t see the expected increase in nearsightedness as was often seen in those children who read primarily indoors.
Please feel free to read more in the following article:
http://www.nature.com/news/the-myopia-boom-1.17120
So, get outside!
Have a wonderful afternoon!
Theresa
