This is an amazing study on near work and myopia. In this study, many publications from 1989 to 2014 on the relationship between myopia and prolonged near work were analysed and the results are astonishing… "We found that more time spent on near work activities was associated with higher odds of myopia (odds ratio [OR] = 1.14; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.08–1.20) and that the odds of myopia increased by 2% (OR:1.02; 95% CI = 1.01–1.03) for every one diopter-hour (hr) mo

We just read this article on CBS News . It was originally published in August 2015 but hast not lost any of its relevance - in the contrary... we believe that screen time has even increased since then. This is why we share it with you here, cross-referencing the article to some of our own articles on the blog to give you more insight. And we want to start with the words with which the article closes: "[The computers] are very useful, obviously.... We're not saying don't use

Below you can find an extract of an article published in June 2015 in the Straits Times about the importance of outdoor playtime. It has lost none of its relevance - on the contrary. The amount of work (and play) we all do in front of screens and books has increased dramatically over the last few years. I very often see parents who are so concerned that their kids do not do well at school. So they get them to study harder, get tuition and spend yet more time in front of bo