NEWSTALK 860 » vision http://ksfa860.com Mon, 20 May 2013 02:14:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Spending Time Outside Could Actually Protect Kids' Sight http://ksfa860.com/time-outside-kids-sight/ http://ksfa860.com/time-outside-kids-sight/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:16:56 +0000 Kathy Landin http://tsminteractive.com/?p=56346 A new review of previous research indicates that there could be a correlation between the amount of time children spend outside and nearsightedness.

Researchers analyzed the results of eight different studies, involving more than 10,000 participants, and found that children who are nearsighted spend an average of 3.7 fewer hours a week outside than children with normal vision.

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