Study says hourly rise in screen time increases risk of myopic vision

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Nowadays a large part of the workers use the computer to work. In addition to the constant positions and movements, vision also suffers. A recent study reveals that spending another hour a day...

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Study says hourly rise in screen time increases risk of myopic vision

“A daily 1-hour increment in digital screen time was associated with 21% higher odds of myopia (nearsightedness),” says a meta-analysis in the JAMA journal.

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Every hour of screen time raises risk of vision loss in children: Study

The research found that the risk of myopia increased significantly with daily screen time, rising by 5% for one hour of exposure compared to no screen use and reaching 97% higher odds for those spending four hours on screens each day.

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Spending an extra hour a day in front of screens is associated, after the first hour, with a 21% higher chance of suffering from myopia, according to a study by Korean researchers and published by Jama Network Open. The authors carried out a systematic review and meta-analysis of 45 previously published studies involving 335,524 children and […]