"Around 80% to 90% of school-leavers in major East Asian cities like
China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and South Korea suffer from
myopia or short-sightedness. This represents an enormous burden of
disease that will lead to further problems in the future, as 10 to 20%
of those affected suffer from 'high' myopia that can ultimately lead to
loss of vision, impaired vision, as well as blindness," according to a post on
Medical News Today."Professor Ian Morgan, from the Australian Research Council Centre of
Excellence in Vision Science, and the Australian National University in
Canberra, and team report in the second paper in
The Lancet Series on Ophthalmology
that this extremely high prevalence of myopia is linked to increased
schooling, according to recent data, which indicates that the lack of
daylight exposure could have a major impact on this gigantic problem."
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