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To: nickcarraway

Being indoors more and more is only part of the problem. It’s what one does while indoors that makes a bigger impact on vision (i.e. being in front of computer monitors for hours on end, watching television constantly, etc.). Or, at least, that’s what I think.


3 posted on 06/22/2011 2:42:33 PM PDT by camerongood210 ( Matthew 24)
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To: camerongood210

Nope. Sounds resonable — computers.


10 posted on 06/22/2011 2:51:48 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: camerongood210
Being indoors more and more is only part of the problem. It’s what one does while indoors that makes a bigger impact on vision (i.e. being in front of computer monitors for hours on end, watching television constantly, etc.). Or, at least, that’s what I think.

You're close, except for the television. Television is viewed at a distance that is comfortable for most people. A study of the Inuit peoples of Alaska in the 60's revealed that the eyes are adaptable. If you do a lot of close up work, your eyes will adapt and you'll develop myopia to make up close work more comfortable.

The Inuit had no written language prior to contact with Westerners. When we introduced reading to them, the incidences of myopia increased several magnitudes overnight.

26 posted on 06/22/2011 4:24:57 PM PDT by Melas (Sent via Galaxy Tab)
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