Climbing trees and spending hours playing outside used to be part of every childhood. But today’s youngsters are more likely to be stuck indoors – and it may be harming their eyesight.
And it is not just because of the time spent sitting in front of a screen. For a lack of natural daylight is thought to be driving up rates of short-sightedness among teenagers.
Spending an extra 40 minutes a day in the sunshine has been shown to improve children’s sight dramatically.
In China, where four teenagers in five are short-sighted, transparent classrooms are being tested in a bid to increase pupils’ exposure to natural light.
2 thoughts on “Too much time indoors damages your eyes, study reveals”
My mum used to tell me that children hardly stay indoors in those days but these days, children hardly go out. What an irony
What difference will it make since when we’re outside, we are still constantly staring into our small object. Phone