The Myopia Generation (Hint - sunshine and vitamin D)
The Myopia Generation: Why do so many kids need glasses now?
The word Vitamin does not occur once in the article. Sun occurs once
VitaminDWiki pages with MYOPIA in title (18 as of Sept 2022)
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Search Myopia AND "Vitamin D" in Google Scholar 5,500 hits as of July 2023
Vitamin D and its pathway genes in myopia: systematic review and meta-analysis - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2018-312159 FREE PDF
- "Conclusions Lower 25(OH)D is associated with increased risk of myopia; the lack of a genetic association suggests that 25(OH)D level may be acting as a proxy for time outdoors."
Myopia in school-aged children with preterm birth: the roles of time spent outdoors and serum vitamin D - March 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2019-315663 PDF behind a paywall
- 7X less likely for preterm birth child to have myopia for every hour spent outside per day