Or to be less alarmist and ‘but everything after I was a kid is bad’
Putting kids in environments where they only ave to focus on things up close ruins distance vision.
More likely a lack of sun exposure
I bet you it’s every minute too.
Scientists even discuss if it might every second as well
Fortunately, milliseconds, no matter the quantity, have no effect.
This is old science.
Increased time outdoors is correlated with a lower risk of myopia. It’s no surprise that more screen time = less time spent outdoors
Using screen outdoors = equilibrium
Science!
Grew up on computers, can confirm, decades later vision is a fuck.
Not just computers…
As a septuagenarian, started very early as a voracious reader. Usually in bed before sleep. Often by flashlight.
Needed correction for nearsightedness by age 10.
Saw a study recently that attributed significant amounts of reading as a possible/likely cause… Tend to believe. This study seems to come to same/similar conclusion. Also tend to believe.
Can never be certain, but… 🤷♂️ 🤷♂️ 🤔
I thought it was a myth and that genetics is the most contributing factor ?
I think part of it is sun exposure, my eyesight is much worse than my close relatives, and I was born in Iceland which has much weaker sunlight.
I hear genes couldn’t have changed as fast as shortsightedness has risen. I’ve heard bright light like from the sun helps certain systems shape the eyes and as we’ve rapidly become indoor folks myopia has risen.
Better than every hour children would have spent in the coal mines