State data to be used to limit child gamers in China

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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