Outdoor activities help to curb myopia
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ACTIVITIES were organized at the weekend to mark Eye-Care Day, which falls tomorrow.
They included an outdoor competition for children to look for certain plants in Shanghai Botanical Garden and consultations by ophthalmologists.
A vision screening last year with more than 1.2 million students found that just over half of them had poor eyesight, higher than the national average rate, health authorities said.
They added that outdoor activities helped to prevent myopia among children.
The screening also found the myopia rate was about 37 percent among primary school students, 69 percent for middle school students and over 85 percent in those in high schools, said Shanghai Commission of Health and Family Planning.
Short-sightedness has been increasing among Chinese children and adolescents and the initial age for children to suffer from myopia has been getting younger in recent years.
Myopia can be caused both by genetic and environmental factors, such as increasing eyestrain.
The city has joined hands with local education authorities to launch a pilot program in eight districts to add outdoor activities and cultivate healthy habits on eye use to reduce myopia.
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