boem@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoA myopia epidemic is sweeping the globewww.nature.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down13cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1144arrow-down1external-linkA myopia epidemic is sweeping the globewww.nature.comboem@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square26fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareNABDad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·6 months 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-squareDeadful@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoI believe it’s a combo of sunlight and distance according to experts. https://youtu.be/LAkFtka3UFw?si=DbUCRzx7VvqIXleH
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minus-squareapplepie@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months 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-up0·6 months agoIf they’re lucky, and hopefully they are! There are a LOT more bad jobs out there than sitting inside and looking at screens.
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.
I believe it’s a combo of sunlight and distance according to experts.
https://youtu.be/LAkFtka3UFw?si=DbUCRzx7VvqIXleH
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
https://piped.video/LAkFtka3UFw?si=DbUCRzx7VvqIXleH
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
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.