Talk:Myopia

Add A Fact: "2 hours outside reduces myopia risk in kids"

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Children should spend up to two hours a day outside to reduce their risk of myopia, or nearsightedness, according to a new consensus report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.

The fact comes from the following source:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/10/07/myopia-prevention-outdoor-time-children/

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 {{Cite web |title=The Washington Post - Breaking news and latest headlines, U.S. news, world news, and video - The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/10/07/myopia-prevention-outdoor-time-children/ |website=Washington Post |access-date=2024-10-09 |language=en |first=Ian |date=2024-10-07|last=McMahan|quote=Children should spend up to two hours a day outside to reduce their risk of myopia, or nearsightedness, according to a new consensus report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.}} 

Additional comments from user: It looks like this new report could be good to add to the article. The "Society and culture" section mentions Taiwan's program to encourage 120 minutes of outdoor time, which is related to this new study.

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Cloud atlas (talk) 18:29, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

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Overlap between 'Prevention and control' and 'Treatment' sections

The 'Prevention and control' and 'Treatment' sections show considerable overlap of content and there is a case for amalgamating the two.

For example, under 'Prevention and control', we find "Many myopia treatment studies ... knowledge of treatments used." (my emphases) while under 'Treatment', we find "there is no known way of preventing myopia" (my emphasis).

Before proceeding with an amalgamation and a resolution (with the goal of improving a top-importance medicine article - see above), I invite comments from other editors.

--JMC (talk) 04:40, 11 January 2026 (UTC)