As one meta-analysis put it:

It’s estimated that an increase of one hour per day of outdoor time could reduce the occurrence of myopia in children by 45%.

Make sure your kids spend time outside, folks!

  • a_gee_dizzle@lemmy.caOP
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    2 hours ago

    Considering that a fairly large percentage of children develop myopia (as high as 80-90% in some countries) a 45% reduction would be fairly significant, no? Or am I missing something

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      where are you getting these numbers… from what I can see, the global average was 23% in 2000 and 34% today.