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Update Date: 2009/01/07 00:20 by Zhang Zhongwan
(AFP Sydney, 6th)
Australian researchers said today that spending two to three hours outdoors each day may help prevent myopia in children.
A study by the Australian Research Council found that receiving two to three hours of bright light daily helps regulate eye development and significantly reduces the risk of myopia.
Professor Ian Morgan, the lead researcher, said that the proportion of myopic population in East Asia has reached a historic high. Highly educated populations generally often have myopia issues.
Morgan said that more and more children in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, and China have poor eyesight, with up to 90% of Singaporeans becoming "four-eyed" before entering society.
He said, "Only 20% of graduates in Australia are myopic. We are quite curious about this, as for a highly educated country, Australia has a very low myopic population."
A comparative survey showed that 30% of six to seven-year-old children in Singapore suffer from myopia, while only 1.3% of Australian children of the same age are myopic.
Researchers compared Chinese children in Singapore and Australia and found similar results, thus ruling out the relationship between racial factors and myopia.
A major difference between Singaporeans and Australians is the time spent outdoors. Singaporean children spend an average of 30 minutes outdoors each day, while Australian children spend an average of two hours.
Morgan said that children in Singapore and Australia spend similar amounts of time reading, watching TV, and playing computer games, indicating that the theory that flickering screens harm children's eyesight does not hold.
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Australian Study: Daily Outdoor Time Benefits Children's Vision
(AFP Sydney, 6th)
Australian researchers said today that spending two to three hours outdoors each day may help prevent myopia in children.
A study by the Australian Research Council found that receiving two to three hours of bright light daily helps regulate eye development and significantly reduces the risk of myopia.
Professor Ian Morgan, the lead researcher, said that the proportion of myopic population in East Asia has reached a historic high. Highly educated populations generally often have myopia issues.
Morgan said that more and more children in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, and China have poor eyesight, with up to 90% of Singaporeans becoming "four-eyed" before entering society.
He said, "Only 20% of graduates in Australia are myopic. We are quite curious about this, as for a highly educated country, Australia has a very low myopic population."
A comparative survey showed that 30% of six to seven-year-old children in Singapore suffer from myopia, while only 1.3% of Australian children of the same age are myopic.
Researchers compared Chinese children in Singapore and Australia and found similar results, thus ruling out the relationship between racial factors and myopia.
A major difference between Singaporeans and Australians is the time spent outdoors. Singaporean children spend an average of 30 minutes outdoors each day, while Australian children spend an average of two hours.
Morgan said that children in Singapore and Australia spend similar amounts of time reading, watching TV, and playing computer games, indicating that the theory that flickering screens harm children's eyesight does not hold.
Source: http:/ / tw. news. yahoo. com/ art……url/ d/ a/ 090107/ 19/ 1cjq0. html