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DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nearsightedness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nearsightedness</span></a> is at epidemic levels – and the problem begins in childhood</p><p>Published: April 24, 2024 8:37am EDT</p><p>"Globally, a big part of this is due to the rapid development and industrialization of countries in East Asia over the last 50 years. Around that time, young people began spending more time in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/classrooms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classrooms</span></a> reading and focusing on other objects very close to their eyes and less time <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/outdoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outdoors</span></a>.</p><p>"This is also what researchers observed in the North American Arctic after World War II, when schooling was mandated for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousPeople</span></a>. Myopia rates for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Inuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inuit</span></a> went from the single digits before the 1950s to upwards of 70% by the 1970s as all children began attending schools for the first time."</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/nearsightedness-is-at-epidemic-levels-and-the-problem-begins-in-childhood-225255?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/nearsighte</span><span class="invisible">dness-is-at-epidemic-levels-and-the-problem-begins-in-childhood-225255?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LessScreenTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LessScreenTime</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MoreOutdoorTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoreOutdoorTime</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GoOutdoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoOutdoors</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Smartphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Smartphones</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Computers</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Childhood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Childhood</span></a></p>
Hongyu Yang<p>Getting my first pair of glasses and it's just such a different experience 😲 The vividity and vibrancy of the changing surroundings are just things that I haven't experienced for a long time! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/glasses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glasses</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vision</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nearsightedness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nearsightedness</span></a></p>
Cainmark Does Not Comply 🚲<p>Realized that the reason I was squinting in so many childhood <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/photos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photos</span></a> was because I desperately needed eyeglasses 👓 for my <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nearsightedness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nearsightedness</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/r_medical_eyes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>r_medical_eyes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/eyeglasses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eyeglasses</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/photographs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photographs</span></a></p>
Kettu<p>What is causing the explosion of myopia (nearsightedness)?</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/taiwan-epicenter-of-world-myopia-epidemic/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-gb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/taiwan-epicent</span><span class="invisible">er-of-world-myopia-epidemic/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-gb</span></a></p><p>"More outdoor time equalled less myopia... sometimes the best solutions are cheap and simple. Just go outside, and see."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/myopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>myopia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/nearsightedness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nearsightedness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/outdoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outdoors</span></a></p>
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