Scientific Report: Kids spending time outdoors grow up with better sight
Oct
27
Here's another reason to get out and explore in this area:
Dr. Justin Sherwin and his team from the University of Cambridge showed that there is a correlation between how much time children spend outdoors and how good their distance vision is when adults.
They worked out that there was a 2% drop in the risk of myopia (shortsightedness, or poorer vision of distant objects) for every additional hour spent outdoors each week.
The team presented their evidence at the 115th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, The study of 10400 adults was reported in this interesting article in 'Medical News Today'.