boem@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoA myopia epidemic is sweeping the globewww.nature.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1150arrow-down13
arrow-up1147arrow-down1external-linkA myopia epidemic is sweeping the globewww.nature.comboem@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square17fedilink
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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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.