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Myopia is a lifestyle disease

Does anyone else have a medication-dependent health condition? What will you do if SHTF?

Myopia is a lifestyle disease.

in one generation the Eskimo population had moved from no myopia to approximately 65% myopia

neither the grandparents nor parents over 40 had any myopia

of 53 offspring who were in their early 20’s, 88% had myopia

The obvious difference between the parents and the children is the amount of near work which is currently being done by the children.

This one shows rates of myopia increasing with decreasing age and an association with low vitamin D levels and 3+ hours of ‘near work’.

So basically, the issues are we’re staring at screens and reading this at close range much more often than before.