The Myopia Generation (Hint - sunshine and vitamin D) - Sept 2022

The Myopia Generation: Why do so many kids need glasses now?

The Atlantic Magazine
The word Vitamin does not occur once in the article. Sun occurs once

Vitamin D Life pages with MYOPIA in title (18 as of Sept 2022)

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Vitamin D Life - Vision category contains

• 12% larger pupils in children who are Vitamin D deficient – Feb 2024 parasympathetic nervous system?
• Myopia, AMD, Dry Eye, and Diabetic Retinopathy are all associated with low Vitamin D - April 2023
• An ocular disease can be associated with low vitamin D and 1 of 5 poor vitamin D genes – June 2022
• Eye vitamin D may not be associated with blood VitD, but is associated with CYP27B1 and CYP24A1 – Nov 2019
• Vitamin D treats and prevents a variety of eye problems (need 70 ng) – June 2018
• Vitamin D and Myopia, AMD, Diabetic Retinopathy, Uveitis, Glaucoma, VDR etc. – May 2015
• Tears often have 25 % higher levels of vitamin D than does blood

Vision problems having many studies on Vitamin D Life

• Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Vitamin D - many studies
• Cataracts and Vitamin D - many studies
• Diabetic Retinopathy associated with low Vitamin D - many studies
• 7+ studies of Glaucoma and Vitamin D
• 21+ studies of Myopia and Vitamin D

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