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One of the most strongly supported hypothesis for why everyone is suddenly near-sighted is a lack of natural light.
by ZeroFries 8y ago
One of the most strongly supported hypothesis for why everyone is suddenly near-sighted is a lack of natural light.
- Loughla 8y agoHoly shit. I was literally just having a conversation with my spouse yesterday about why so many children wear glasses. I was convinced it was a 'back in my day' syndrome popping up again. Do you have any citations? Because it genuinely seems like more kids wear glasses than they used to.
- ZeroFries 8y agoLots of data out there. Myopia is pretty rare in hunter-gatherer populations, but rates ncrease rapidly as the same population modernizes. Example: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1956268/?page=1 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1956268/?page=1