Re:How to maintain good vision amidst the myopia epidemic
by skandinaff on Monday November 10, 2025 @05:58AM
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I wonder, wouldn't this mean that in nordic countries, where in winter get less than 6 hours of sunlight in total, and where that sunlight is mostly obstructed by heavy clouds, would be the place with most myopia in the world? For example in Latvia where I grew up, winters last from november to march-april, the nights are long, and it can be months without any sunlight. And it gets darker once you go further north - Finland, Norway, Sweden. But back in my preschool, we had 1-4 kids per 30 in the class, with any eye problems. I myself was among those few who had hypermedia, some even got rid of it by age 10-13. And if I look at the my parents, and grandparents - even fewer had need for eye correction.
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Re:How to maintain good vision amidst the myopia epidemic
by 4gotunameagain on Monday November 10, 2025 @06:47AM
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Genetic adaptation of humans is a thing.
One way to test it out would be the rates of myopia of people from lower latitudes that have migrated to the nordics.
Re:How to maintain good vision amidst the myopia epidemic
by skandinaff on Monday November 10, 2025 @07:14AM
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Valid point. I guess then in Canada they could have a lot of such cases, as it has been a major destination for migration. In any case, sounds like an good topic for a research paper