Shortsightedness has become an epidemic
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Shortsightedness has become an epidemic
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#2I didn’t realize the evidence is strong that daylight keeps kids from becoming near-sighted. Making young kids study all the time is killing their eyesight!
Re: Shortsightedness has become an epidemic
#3I didn’t realize the evidence is strong that daylight keeps kids from becoming near-sighted. Making young kids study all the time is killing their eyesight!
I thought this was relatively well known.
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#4I didn’t realize the evidence is strong that daylight keeps kids from becoming near-sighted. Making young kids study all the time is killing their eyesight!
It'd be interesting if someone could try and relate this statistic to the typical solar index for an area - https://globalsolaratlas.info/map
I thought it would have been to do with the consumption of starches and carbs https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2003/sep/21/shoppin...
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#5I didn’t realize the evidence is strong that daylight keeps kids from becoming near-sighted. Making young kids study all the time is killing their eyesight!
I sometimes wonder if UV protective glasses block some possible benefit of UV light to eyes.
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#6When I read the title, I thought they meant not thinking ahead. This makes much more sense though!
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#7Could we just have rooms lit as strongly as outdoors?
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#8No post body was provided.
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#9Anyone have an unlocked link?
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#10I didn’t realize the evidence is strong that daylight keeps kids from becoming near-sighted. Making young kids study all the time is killing their eyesight!
Yeah, I hadn’t heard about this ”daylight” thing either. I’ve been nearsighted since I was a kid, and back then people said I got it because I read to much, focusing on things too close to my face. I thought that was a pretty fair trade-off, since I liked reading, and didn’t particularly mind wearing glasses.
This sunlight thing makes a lot of sense though. I kept hearing proposals during the pandemic about holding classes outside if the weather allowed for it. Might not be such a terrible idea in climates where it’s suitable.