Myopia (short-sightedness) is a global concern

The incidence of myopia is expected to increase significantly as lifestyle changes, with children taking part in more near-work activities like using digital devices, studying, reading and spending less time outdoors. Hereditary, behavioural and environmental factors also play a part.

Being able to have your child’s myopia diagnosed early not only corrects their vision now, but can help slow the progression of myopia and preserve their vision and eye health for the future.

Our research has found:

• The average child spends more than four and a half hours per day on electrical devices, and just 40 minutes outside

• Six in 10 parents aren’t aware that time spent outdoors can delay the onset of myopia (short-sightedness) in children

• More than six in 10 struggle to get their children to leave the house, resulting in a third of parents feeling worried

• Seven in 10 are eager to get their child outside more, yet over two thirds believe their kids are ‘addicted to screens’

• 93 per cent agree screen time has increased significantly during the pandemic

• The average six to 16-year-old spends two plus more hours a day inside, than they did before the pandemic.

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