Ku et al ( p. 214 ) conducted a nationwide, population-based prospective study to examine the association between near visual activities and incident myopia in Taiwanese children over 4 year of follow-up. The study involved 1958 Children from the Taiwan 2009 National Health Interview Surgery. The researchers estimated the association between incident myopia and 3 types of near visual activities: reading; electronic screen use (computer and handheld devices); and attending cram school-classes outside the regular school system. At baseline, 26.8% of children had myopia, whereas 27.7% of those without myopia at baseline developed incident myopia between 2010 and 2013. The researchers reported that of the 3 types of closes visual work, attending cram school for more than 2 hours a day increased the risk of incident myopia. They conclude that greater time spent in cram school is associated with a higher risk of incident myopia in Taiwanese children, potentially because it increases Near Visual activity and reduces outdoor time. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ku et al ( p. 214 ) conducted a nationwide, population-based prospective study to examine the association between near visual activities and incident myopia in Taiwanese children over 4 year of follow-up. The study involved 1958 Children from the Taiwan 2009 National Health Interview Surgery. The researchers estimated the association between incident myopia and 3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[71],"class_list":["post-110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-myopia","tag-myopia-in-children"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t