State data to be used to limit child gamers in China

Re:State data to be used to limit child gamers in China by captainmuon on Thursday September 06, 2018 @10:50AM (#17926694)

> studies already proved its mostly caused by reading/studing long hours in poor light.

Huh, I thought the current prevailing theory was that it was caused by lack of bright daylight, not by too much reading or to many hours in dim light. So a certain number of hours outside a day should have a protective effect.

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Re:State data to be used to limit child gamers in China by lern_too_spel on Thursday September 06, 2018 @10:54AM (#17926715)

Correct. https://www.nature.com/news/the-myopia-boom-1.17120

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Re:State data to be used to limit child gamers in China by seanmcdirmid on Thursday September 06, 2018 @11:20AM (#17926900)

Assuming the air is clean enough, otherwise those hours outside could cause other health problems.

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Re:State data to be used to limit child gamers in China by dTal on Thursday September 06, 2018 @11:24AM (#17926940)

I would have thought it was obvious that it's not the lack of bright daylight, but the lack of far away objects to focus on indoors. And this would clearly be exacerbated by constantly focusing on objects 12 inches away, like screens and books.

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Re:State data to be used to limit child gamers in China by graeme on Thursday September 06, 2018 @11:42AM (#17927053)

You'd think so, but that's not what research suggests.

https://www.nature.com/news/the-myopia-boom-1.17120

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Re:State data to be used to limit child gamers in China by arayh on Thursday September 06, 2018 @12:19PM (#17927340)

I think it's both. Taken from the article you linked to: "greater viewing distances outside could affect myopia progression, too"

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