Experts warn children’s eyesight ‘ruined’ by life indoors

There is to be a “myopic boom” among Scottish children due to less time spent outside and more spent focusing on phones, tablets and even books, eye experts have warned.

Craig Macdonald, opthalmic lead at the Edinburgh Clinic, said a growing tendency for children to play indoors rather than focus on objects in the far distance was creating an epidemic of shortsightedness.  Full article

 

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