Keyword: ocularhealth https://freerepublic.com/tag/ocularhealth/ en-us Mon, 6 Jan 2025 18:10:02 GMT Focus Forum 15 Did your kid get glasses post-pandemic? Study says myopia rates are soaring around the world https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4288413/posts With 'near time' identified as a problem, parents urged to boosting outdoor timeNew research shows the rate of myopia among children and teens worldwide has tripled over the past three decades, with a particularly steep increase noted since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. A paper in the British Journal of Ophthalmology, which reviewed 276 studies published to June 2023 from around the world, concluded that more than one in three of all children and teens are nearsighted, triple what it was in 1990. "Emerging evidence suggests a potential association between the pandemic and accelerated vision deterioration among... CBC News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4288413/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jan 2025 18:10:02 GMT