“When you’re telling your eyeballs all the time that your whole world is only fifty centimeters in front of them, the eye adapts to that.’’ “Focusing on things too close to the eyes for a prolonged period puts excessive strain on the eyes and has been found to hasten the progression of myopia,” she says. “Children are spending more time on smaller screens closer to their faces and that puts more strain on their eyes,” says Optometry Australia president Kate Gifford. A global study published by the Brien Holden Vision Institute predicts that half of the world’s population could be short-sighted and need glasses by 2050 with many at risk of blindness.Īccording to research published in the Ophthalmology Journal, the two clear reasons for the spike in myopia in children, are an increased amount of time spent focusing up close and a lack of outdoor activities. Another study in the United Kingdom reported that British children are twice as likely to be short-sighted now than fifty years ago, and a study by the National Eye Institute in the USA also found that the incidence of myopia has jumped exponentially in Americans over the last few decades. Find us at: GymbaROO-KindyROOĪ massive health issue related to babies, children and smart devices – screens, tablets, phones and computers, is sight/vision related.Ī study in Australia has found that the frequency of myopia, also known as near-sightedness or shortsightedness, in children has almost doubled in the past five years. GymbaROO-KindyROO kids are excelling academically, emotionally, in leadership roles and on the sporting field. Join the thousands of parents already raising smarter, happier babies with our online baby classes: The Active Babies Smart Kids series.
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