The Myopia Generation (Hint - sunshine and vitamin D)

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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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
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