boem@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoA myopia epidemic is sweeping the globewww.nature.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1141arrow-down12
arrow-up1139arrow-down1external-linkA myopia epidemic is sweeping the globewww.nature.comboem@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squareNABDad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoAs I understand it, it isn’t sunlight, but distance. If a child spends all its time indoors focusing on nothing farther than the walls, myopia will result.
minus-squareapplepie@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoWell how do you expect the kid to prepped to spend all of their adult working life in front of computer screen?
minus-squareLucidNightmare@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIf they’re lucky, and hopefully they are! There are a LOT more bad jobs out there than sitting inside and looking at screens.
minus-squareDeadful@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI believe it’s a combo of sunlight and distance according to experts. https://youtu.be/LAkFtka3UFw?si=DbUCRzx7VvqIXleH
As I understand it, it isn’t sunlight, but distance.
If a child spends all its time indoors focusing on nothing farther than the walls, myopia will result.
Well how do you expect the kid to prepped to spend all of their adult working life in front of computer screen?
If they’re lucky, and hopefully they are! There are a LOT more bad jobs out there than sitting inside and looking at screens.
I believe it’s a combo of sunlight and distance according to experts.
https://youtu.be/LAkFtka3UFw?si=DbUCRzx7VvqIXleH