Why? Spending more time outdoors during the day allows bright light to reach the back of the eye (retina) which stimulates dopamine release that may reduce eye growth. As parents we want our kids to grow but NOT their eyes. When the eye grows, so does increase nearsightedness (myopia). So get outside and play! Ride a bike, scooter, play ball, swing In addition, when your child is outside they are viewing objects in the distance, not close like a gamepad or phone. Reading is…
Children should go outside and play!Time spent outdoors between the ages of 3 to 8 1/2 years was inversely associated with the risk of developing myopia in children between the ages of 10 to 15 years old,” researchers found after examining data on some 2,833 children. The findings were recently published in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science.Read Full Article Here: Time Outdoors and Myopia Risk
In a recent Journal of the American Medical Association Ophthalmology publication, researchers found that seniors “with the highest UVB exposure, especially in the teenage and young adult years, had about a 30 percent lower risk for myopia lowest exposure.” In addition, exposure to UVB “between the ages of 14 and 29 years was associated with a significant decrease in the chance of developing nearsightedness as an adult.”Read About It Here