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Re:The health benefits of sunlight may outweigh the risk of ... by spacechild1 on Friday September 19, 2025 @04:11AM (#45299191)
> there are plausible claims that shortsightedness is associated with not spending much time outside as a child

AFAIK that has nothing to do with the sun but rather with looking at things at a larger distance than at home.

Re:The health benefits of sunlight may outweigh the risk of ... by bloak on Friday September 19, 2025 @04:42AM (#45299379)
That seems likely.

An obvious thing perhaps worth mentioning: if you're shortsighted (or longsighted) then you see better in bright sunlight because the iris closes, giving you greater depth of field, so that might make people think/feel that sunlight "cures" myopia.

(On the other hand, if you have excellent eyesight then you see better in less bright conditions because your vision is being limited by diffraction at the aperture.)

Re:The health benefits of sunlight may outweigh the risk of ... by amanaplanacanal on Friday September 19, 2025 @02:11PM (#45304664)