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Therefore, German experts advise all parents to allow their children to spend at least two hours outdoors every day during confinement / homeschooling. “Children’s desks should also be as close to large windows as possible during homeschooling to increase the brightness,” Lagreze added. Eye experts also recommend using large screens for online lessons and keeping a distance between the eyes of at least half a meter from the monitor. “Audiobooks are ideal for keeping younger children away from smartphones, which are also suspected of promoting myopia,” explained Schuster.
The Chinese study does not answer the question of whether the cause of the increased myopia is more likely due to more work in front of the computer screen or the lack of being outdoors. However, recently, a large study from Taiwan showed that increased myopia in children could be reversed by spending 120 minutes outdoors every day during school hours. The myopia rate has dropped significantly from 50 percent to 40 percent again.
