As one meta-analysis put it:

It’s estimated that an increase of one hour per day of outdoor time could reduce the occurrence of myopia in children by 45%.

Make sure your kids spend time outside, folks!

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[–] 29 points 6 months ago (14 children)

Hold up now. I grew up in the 80s when we spent the whole day outside, and I wore thick ass lenses all through grade school.

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  • [–] 19 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    "Reduces chances" does not mean "prevents"

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  • [–] -1 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    irrelevant because the term used here was "odds", not chances

    smfh

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    You should have “spend” the day outdoors not “spent”.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    No. Spent is the past tense of spend.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    How do some people despite being wrong are happy to correct others? And they have up votes? Wtf...

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